We all got points to prove

Well, fuck... Desponia's ankle ached. Her habit of doing her best to be off the island had left her still rather clumsy when climbing over the rocky ground that dominated the majority of the island, though a mild autumn the cool wind blew here still and sometimes froze water overnight. The frozen crust would remain during the early hours of the morning and in her desire to escape from view yet again for the day Desponia had not considered that the dangerous ice would lead to her slipping on the stone and landing heavily on her right foreleg, her angle twisted at an odd angle under her own weight. The woman grunted, biting down on the exclamation of pain, not wishing to arouse anyone's suspicion or draw their attention.

Gingerly and carefully the woman lifted herself off her leg, rising back to her full height before gently attempting to put her right paw back on the ground, so far so good. Then she leaned forward, and... Yep! The woman bit down another pained yelp as it tried to escape her lips. Forcing a breath through her nose the purple woman would begin to hobble towards where she knew the land bridge to be, her movements painfully slow and she was aware of the sun creeping its way high into the sky and she knew that with each passing moment the chances of her being spotted by her sister or a member of her family who might have a reason to want to keep her closer than the mainland territory grew.

WC: 260 (260/2500)

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