These dam beavers

She leaned into Chimera long enough the shake her head to clear it, panting lightly as her head swam and she tried to pull herself together. She hoped that these side effects passed quickly because she couldn't keep on like this and laying around doing nothing didn't suit her either. At Chimera's insistence and nudging she started moving toward the raft they'd use to get back across the stretch of water, slightly unsteady on her paws at first, but once she started putting one paw in front of the other she was able to sort herself out well enough to escape the beavers and climb onto the raft, looking back at Chimera to make sure he made it onto the raft as well. She didn't imagine that a couple of beavers would really be that dangerous to someone like Chimera, but she didn't want him to get hurt defending her either.

Once they were on the raft and were floating with a barrier of water between them and the glowing creatures on the shore it became clear that they couldn't follow them out here and she was able to relax a bit. She sank back onto her haunches with a shaky sigh, sliding the bag she was carrying off of her back and setting it down beside her on the raft. She could still see the glow of the beavers and the fireflies on the shore as they put more and more distance between themselves and them, the blue lights growing small in the distance. Her ears perked at Chimera's voice and she turned her pale blue gaze toward him.

She didn't know why she was surprised to hear him ask if she was alright, but she was. After the animosity that sat between them for so long it was a change that her mind hadn't quite grasped yet. It reminded her of the care he had taken when he came to her aid after Viper attacked her, but that felt so long ago now. "Yes... I'm okay," she told him with a small nod. "Just tired and lightheaded," she assured him, unsure if she should bring up the medications she took or not. It was territory she was still trying to decide how she felt about and without knowing if the contraceptives had worked or not she didn't even have a firm answer on the subject. "Thank you," she added after a moment, knowing very well that at one point in their relationship he wouldn't have gone out of his way for her like that and she did genuinely appreciate his help.

"Dalila"