The Sun Will Shine Again
07-29-2016, 08:59 PM
Esa knew that Steel was a stoic man, and expressed himself with as few words as possible or necessary. The fact that he had opened up to her at all showed her that he cared, and that he didn't want to miss this chance to talk about things. It was a sticky subject, one that would have been difficult to bring up at another time if today hadn't gone well. But she was just so pleased that he had told her his fears, but for her, he had agreed to try. This was going to be a whole new experience. She couldn't wait to get started. It seemed that he would agree, as they stayed close to one another for several more moments. "Oh, I do insist," she murmured in response to him, finally prying herself away from him. Her tail flicked him under the chin as she made her way to the den. She slipped into the darkness again, the light from outside just enough to let her see the edges of the den. She didn't want to move anything that might be holding the structure together, although it looked quite sturdy. As she tried to dig her claws into one edge of the den, the dirt felt hard as rock - alarmed, she dug a little harder, but she felt one of her nails splinter against the frozen ground. She withdrew her paw quickly, licking at the cracked nail for a moment. Well, this certainly wasn't going to work. Disappointed, she came back out, looking at Steel. "It's too frozen," she muttered, sounding somewhat defeated. She had really hoped to get some work done on the den right now. Where were they going to sleep now? Maybe Steel would know what to do, perhaps he was strong enough to dig into the tough, icy ground. What if they didn't get to spend time alone? No, that couldn't happen! She just wanted to be with him, to spend all of her time with him. And she wanted to explore and do things with him that she'd never done before. Maybe they would have to go on a trip together, to somewhere warmer, just for a chance to be alone. Although disappointed about the den right now, she couldn't help but grin dreamily as she thought about being alone with him, her head spinning a little as though intoxicated - well, they were alone right now, weren't they? |
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