No fear allowed

Aslatiel · 03-10-2021, 10:02 PM

It wasn't the pain of cold water entering her lungs nor was it the teeth in the back of her neck that roused her. It was the venomous bite of the icy winter air as it slammed into her soaking wet body. Spring would be a fickle thing this year. Though somewhere it had been warm enough to get the water of the falls flowing, a chill breeze blew down from the north. It felt as though ice was forming in her very soul from the culmination of water and wind. Only Naiche's radiating heat kept her from giving up.

With a hard cough, Aslatiel expelled the water from her lungs, soaking the ice and stone beneath them, but it couldn't be helped. She sucked in a ragged breath and let out an exhale that was mixed with a desperate desire for oxygen and a sob of relief. There was still the idea in the back of her mind that she was going to die. She was too cold and that would be the end of her. The water would still claim her life, though not in the way that it had planned. "N-Nai-ch-chee..." she shuddered, her teeth once more chattering as her body shivered in an attempt to warm her body. "C-co-oooold," It seemed that she couldn't manage much more than a single word at a time. Man, she must have sounded like such a dummy.

Curling her body against that of the golden man, she tried to sap his warmth but there just wasn't enough of it. By touching her fur to his, she was soaking him as well. They would both be icicles at this rate. What could they do? What could they do? Oh. Oh, why hadn't she thought of it before? "Hot s-springs." With her shaking muzzle, she pointed to an area below the falls. She could see the steam of the springs rising through the foliage. "W-warm." Surely he could understand her cavewolf speech, right?

"Speech"

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