Will You Remember?
09-08-2020, 05:10 AM
After she'd taken him to get healed and they'd shared their words, Asla and Bas had parted ways. She wanted him to learn the territory on his own. Wanted him to get a feel for belonging somewhere. It was good to learn all that you could about your new home. She had meandered off to go hunting on her own and came back close to sunset with a small antelope grasped between her jaws. Her neck was a little sore from dragging it all the way back, but she would be fine. Dropping the deer just outside of her den, Asla started a little fire in the pit outside with the flint and steel that her aunt had given her. With a little fire blazing like a homing beacon, she settled down and began stripping the hide from the antelope. It would be their dinner tonight. All she had to do was wait for him to come home. A little bit of panic surged in her. What if he didn't come back? What if she'd given him freedom to run wild and he realized that he didn't have to serve anyone anymore? A frown tugged at her lips and she suddenly realized just how much she needed him to return. Asla's head dropped to her paws and her galaxy gaze scanned the horizon. Waiting. waiting. "Speech" |