The Places You've Been

Modesty thought things were going quite well. Sure she hadn’t decided yet if she wanted to continue honing her skills as a navigator, checking out all she could see or if she might be better off working on honing her fighting skills, or focusing more on learning about other, less fun uses for herbs… She figured she probably didn’t want to be a hunter. She didn’t like the way rabbits squealed sometimes when teeth closed down around their spines, and bigger prey could be scary. And if she was perfectly honest, she didn’t like getting hurt any more than she had to.

She was pulled from her thoughts by a howl from Sparrow and her tail started to wave as she bounded in the direction of the call. “Hey boss! How can I help?” She greeted cheerily, her approach changing to all but a skip. She never minded surprises.