Leave behind the heartache, castaway

Walk | "Talk" | think

Tamsyn’s ears flicked worriedly when the little girl cowered away from her when she laid down in front of her. She didn’t mean to startle the little girl and she felt guilty for doing so even though it wasn’t her intention. She nodded when Resin explained the girl’s name and presence and then turned her attention back to the girl that she had to assume was an orphan. Surely there would be parents looking for her if she had gone missing. “Avantika. That’s such a pretty name,” she told her with another gentle smile. Once Resin left them to go hunt, she added, “Don’t worry... I was fragile when I met Resin too. She’s really good at helping others be strong.” She had more than her fair share of scars to show for her past and Resin had been the only one to make her feel like they didn’t matter.

Getting to her feet, she led the way up the hill to where they had their den, leading Avantika around the “fence” of rocks around the play area in front of the den. “We have a bunch of pups here,” she said both as a way to warn her for what she would be going in to and also hopefully as a way to help her feel more comfortable. “You just let me know if they get to be too much, okay? We can go to one of the guest dens if it feels too crowded.” She slipped inside and peeked into the main bedroom that she shared with Resin and the pups. Luckily they were all still sound asleep so at least they wouldn’t be bombarding their new guest right away.

“Here, come over this way,” she said as she guided the girl over to a spare chamber off to one side of the den they had set up for guests to stay in. At least here it would be a little quieter and they wouldn’t risk waking up the others while they waited on Resin to get back with some food.