No fear allowed

*Naiche* · 03-11-2021, 07:32 AM

Her response was no, but she was able to make a response. She had heard and understood him, it didn’t matter if she agreed or not. With a slow deep content sigh, his mind finally could focus on moving forward versus stuck in a moment. Almost, the betraying thing finally recalled all of the ‘what if’s’ he had to push aside yesterday. At least now they were past tense. What if she had died or they had died? He listened to her growl at the bird and smiled a bit, yes she was going to be just fine.

Lazily he dragged his head to watch her as her toes tickled at his back. Then she actually got up! Naiche eyed the wobbling legs and imagined neither of them were ready for the long trek back. Asla had managed to get up, which probably meant it was his turn. Naiche imagined how good it would feel to be back in their den and just to go back to sleep for another day. Naiche really didn’t want to get up. He was stronger than yesterday but still felt the physical and emotional drain. He had almost given up on life yesterday. It was a terrifying thought to think he had just laid down ready to accept death.

Slowly he stretched his own legs out and stood up. They were quite the pair, his own legs wobbly but working. Yeah, they weren’t going far yet. He almost shared his fears of how he thought she had been going to die but decided those were unnecessary words for now, maybe ever. What was there to say? Had she heard him last night? Had his words been spoken only to nature around them? Naiche had no words, emptied of anything meaningful to say. So all he could do was step up next to her. He had feared her dead, Naiche stared at her before giving another lick on her cheek. He could never, never let her die. Naiche made a silent vow once more to protect her.

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