Fading Waterfalls

As Terra requests a small pouch to carry her rock, she watches as the icy boy turns back to the shredded hide with determination. Emerald eyes watch his face as Lotus speaks, a soft smile appearing on her dark lips without the earthen girl’s knowledge. Oh…right… uh, sharpen her rock. Gaze slides away from the boy’s face and she stands once more to go gather another rock. Paws pad a short distance away, the rock she is searching not nearly as far away as the last one. Gathering it in her mouth, the earthen girl trots happily back to where Lotus waits, almost prancing up to him.

Placing the new rock beside her first one, Terra gently tucks herself into the boy’s side before she begins to try and sharpen her first rock. With a lot of trail and error, she finally manages to figure out how to grip her rock and slide it against the other one in a mostly smooth motion. By the time that Lotus asks if her rock is sharp enough, Terra nods and gently picks up the sharpened rock, offering to pass it off to the boy. But he indicates for her to do it. Ears flatten slightly in uncertainty, not wanting to mess up the pouch he is making.

With a little encouragement, the earthen girl leans forward and punches the two holes where Lotus had pointed out, managing not to completely bungle the project. Sitting back, Terra’s tail thumps happily against the group and her lips turning up in a bright smile around her sharpened rock. She asks, “What next?” all with her rock still firmly in her mouth.


"Terra Qilaq"