Love Day Heartaches [AW] [Friendlies preferred]

She’d played a game, walked around, but after an hour or two, she needed a breather. She found a place tucked out of the way of traffic, checking with a coydog vendor that it was alright to be there before settling down and drawing in a deep breath, letting her eyes slide shut.

It was draining trying to put on a happy face. She knew her heart would heal over time, but it was so hard to see the end of that murky path through the thick forest of emotions and could have beens and should have beens. Every time she thought she’d found a trail, she ran into a twisted bramble of a thought that tore at the thin scabs on her soul and drew fresh blood.

She’d been working herself to the bone, learning healing, and by sheer tenacity and desperation for distraction, she was ahead of her studies. She was due for her mark. Her mother would be doing the application.

It should be both of them.. Not just mother.

Her teeth grit against the pang in her chest, and she focused on the breath in her lungs, drawing it in and letting it out until she steadied again, eyes opening and watching the carnival-goers passing by.

It won’t do you any good to hide here forever. Get out there.

She pushed herself to her paws, slipping out and resuming a strolling pace through the carnival grounds.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Labhair an Sean-Teanga." ---- "Hear" ---- Think