you've built a fine shrine in me

Having settled what she could with Clouse, Ellery had decided she needed some time to be alone. She had a lot to think about and a lot to question. Clouse didn’t want to go back to the Dell at all, and he also didn’t want to stay with them. That still stung, a pain that she felt acutely in her chest. There was nothing she could do about it, however, and now that she’d finished one goal, she needed to move on to the next. The land they’d entered was so vast that she wasn’t even sure if she could wrap her head around it. Surely there could be a place for them somewhere, somewhere that wasn’t surrounded by packs and somewhere that reminded her of home. Nothing could replace the Keep, but perhaps there was something that could become the next best thing?

For these reasons, she’d informed Ramiel and Judas of her absence for a week or so. It had taken her roughly two days to get to the meadow from the coast and she intended to go even further this time, but no longer than a week. After all, she needed to check in on her younger brother as she’d said she would. So she traveled, long legs taking her over some familiar land and some unfamiliar. She’s turned into a forest and along the way, came to find with disdain that it was full of briars. Lucky for the Hervok knight, her pelt was nice and thick, protecting her from a good portion of the prickles. That didn’t mean it didn’t sting when it pulled out a clump of fur, however.

Just as she was beginning to regret her decisions, the sound of something struggling in the brush caught her attention. She paused, deciphering which way it was coming from before venturing forward. The scene she came upon she was not expecting in the slightest. “...Adora? What the hell?”