God Help the Outcasts

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Uriel wasn’t so sure that this was the safest part of the North to travel within, especially since the ground seemed less than stable in places here. The Earth would open a like a great maw in those places, swallowing up what snow remained in the North. Uri didn’t like it, and truthfully she was trying to work her way out of the area. But goodness forbid that she be able to do so without running into some sort of trouble…

...only it wasn’t she whom was in trouble at that moment.

Shri’s call came to her on the wind and Uriel’s head snapped up. Her gaze landed on a child… and the gaping Earth behind her. Everything at that point seemed to happen automatically -- Uri was running towards the pup, calling to her without even fully registering who she was.

“Get away from the crater! This way!”

Fear welled up inside her… what if the little one fell in one of those craters? Would… would she be able to get her out…?

Shri winged down to the gray pup, fluttering in the air as she hovered.

“You can trust her, child! Come on!”