Sweet Spring Breezes

*Malalia* · 07-11-2020, 06:51 PM

Oh hell no. There he was again, changing the rules on her in an instant, and she was left scrambling to catch up. Luckily, she was ahead of him this time, though Cairo wasn't going to let her win easily. She didn't even look at him. Malalia practically threw herself back up the slope, muscles screaming with the effort. She grit her teeth and pushed through it. Pain was something she could deal with after she won.

It felt like she was trying to scale mountain in the space of a second. Cairo was gaining, but she dug in, steadily climbing, bounding over the grass. She didn't have to be faster than him -- just fast enough to crest the basin before he did. With a final burst of effort, she scrambled over to the very top. Paws outstretched, she collapsed immediately with a soft thud: limbs trembling, gasping for air. Her legs were throbbing, and just then, a stray cramp rippled through her. Her face screwed up in a bit of a wince, but she was laughing through it all. "I think," -- inhale, exhale -- "you broke me."

"Speech"

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