Earthbound

The weather was holding up, which was a surprise for the young healer. Auster's "winter" was milder here, but even then the cold reaches of the extended season still managed to get a stranglehold on the place. When they should have been experiencing much milder temperatures, the wind still managed to whip her long silky fur in every direction. Clouds loomed in the distance threatening to envelope the land in another layer of snow and ice, but even that didn't dampen her mood. For once the sky was clearer than it had been the previous days and she was going to make the most of the "nice" weather that had decided to grace Auster.

There still weren't many herbs to be found, so her explorations to gather a stockpile were less than fruitful, but there was an adventure to be had somewhere. It helped lift her spirits that there were so many wonderful places to scout out. Her trek today had led her to a strange standing of granite boulders. The wolfdog walked circles around them admiring the strange runes that coated their surfaces. As much as she tried, she couldn't seem to make any sense of what they could mean. Was it gods trying to communicate with the mortal world? Or something as simple as a wolf coming along and etching a history into them? Either way, she couldn't decipher the meaning behind them, but they were beautiful all the same.

After completely scouting the surrounding area, she managed to bring together some firewood and get a small blaze going. Between the sun that beat down on the stones from above and the little campfire she had started, she was feeling fairly warm. The small canine settled down on her stomach using one of the stones as shelter from the whipping wind. Her eyelids closed over her eyes as she pondered when the weather would go back to normal. Would it ever? Or were they going to be stuck in winter's frozen grip forever?


"speak."| "You"