I'm Being So Sincere Right Now

Azzurra's steps steadily slowed from a run to a walk as she followed the perimeter of the island on her daily run, panting lightly as she caught her breath and started to cool down a bit from the exercise. Despite her brother's worries she had continued on with her exercise regime. If anything she had doubled down on it in some small act of something akin to defiance. She didn't think Balthier would necessarily stop her or anything like that, but it was almost kind of like she was proving him wrong or at the very least proving she could do it. Maybe she was just proving it to herself, she wasn't really sure. Either way, her runs around the island and her trips to the mainland were steadily getting longer and more frequent and slowly she was beginning to feel the change in her stamina and see the improvements in her physique. They were hard earned changes and even now she felt like she'd never really be as strong as many of the other wolves here, but she was getting better.

She didn't notice the pup that ran up to her until he was right beside her, looking up at her with those big eyes only pups managed to have, questioning her on whether she wanted to play a game or not. She stopped and blinked with surprise for a moment, letting the boy explain how he had hidden some things in the woods that she apparently wouldn't be able to find. She had gotten pretty good at tracking things from her hunting lessons with Balthier so she had a feeling she could probably find whatever it was he had buried, but besides that she felt like she ought to play nice with a pup that was undoubtedly one of Chimera's children. She had only spoken to the alpha once, but she understood how important it was to not disrespect the leader of their pack—or his kids for that matter. "Um... Sure, I'll play your game," she replied, giving him a little smile. She looked up toward the trees behind him, and gave a little nod toward them. "These ones, right?"

She started heading that way, attempting to follow the trail of his scent to have an idea of where to start looking. She kept her sapphire gaze on the ground, looking back and forth for any spots on the ground that looked freshly dug up to give away where his treasures might be hiding. She didn't want to find them too quickly though. That would ruin all the fun of his game and even though she didn't know a lot about pups or playing games and the like she figured she might as well play along a little bit. "Hmm... Where could these treasures be..." she mused while she continued to follow the trail, pretending not to notice the rough patch of dirt she had spotted up ahead by the base of a near by tree.

WC: 498
Total: 1049/1500

"Azzurra"