wake up, love, we're going shopping!

She would reach out for her partner, giving his cheek a quick but affectionately lick as he woke up. "Something like that" Wren began "I was scouting the places around the Gorge today and..." She furrowed her brow, wondering how to say this "Merc, they suck." An embarrassed laugh escaped her jaws. She could claim the Red Forest, but that could make things tense with Armada. She didn't want that to happen so she assumed other places... would be good. They were not. Not at all.

"I think we should move Menagerie to a better location" she told him bluntly, not beating around the bush with it "I wanted to foolishly be close to an ally, but... Not at the cost of new lands and a better expansion" She shrugged "what do you think?" She eyed him, knowing the Gorge was a great location but failed in other situations. It would be good protection from the wind, but there were other places in the North... Like the ship.

"Wren" & "Mercury"