Everything that glitters isn't gold

Briar grinned happily at Artorias' amazed reaction as he took in the glimmering, glittering walls of the grotto, all kinds of orange flecks of light dancing everywhere they looked. She couldn't keep her braided tail from swaying back and forth while he expressed how amazing it was. "I'm glad you like it!" she said earnestly, leaning over to press a kiss to his cheek before she began to move a little deeper into the grotto to find a nice place to lay among the foliage that was hidden among the secret mountain cavern. "This is where I found the topaz stones for Embershard," she told him with a glance over to him. "The blacksmith I told you about directed me to the northern mountains since he had some luck mining stones from these places before, but I don't think he even found this place. He was shocked when I told him about it."

She found a spot with some plush grass and settled down into it, patting the spot beside her for him to join her. Once he was laying down beside her she leaned into his side and nuzzled into his neck for a moment before she gave him a grin and started to look around at the grotto again. "It really is amazing the kinds of things that are just hidden away like this," she commented while her tail shifted to entwine with his, content to just rest and enjoy the beautiful landscape with him for a while. Her paw shifted to rest over his, the bracelet he gave her a year ago glimmering almost as much as all the stones lining the stone walls around them.

"Briar Fatalis"