The Best (And Smallest) Fighter Around!

*Recluse* · Updated 04/30/23:

Recluse was tired, more so than she ought to be at least. As a mother of young pups just freshly allowed out obviously she didn't have the same energy levels they did but Eraithus had helped to lessen that burden some, no her exhaustion was deeper than that, it sank right into her bones and settled over her whole being like a shroud. She was doing her best to hold it together, to not let her youngest children see her so defeated, and though she loved them she refused to lean too heavily on her older children, it was none of their faults that she was struggling to handle her grief, and on top of all of that, her motherly duties she still had to lead her pack, had to make sure she was available for everyone. It left her with precious little time to rest during good times, and this was certainly not a good time. Eraithus had seen how exhausted she had been and told her that he could handle looking at the pups for a while, and Recluse had done something selfish, slipped away to try and nap. The woman hadn't actually meant to fall asleep in truth, she'd simply found her paws returning her to their den, and almost on autopilot, she settled herself into the warm familiar nest that the family occupied.

She found herself drifting off into sleep before she even knew it and her exhaustion meant that Recluse wasn't able to put up much of a resistance and so the woman slept, though it wasn't a total blissful release. Her dreams were incomprehensible, flashes of teeth and claws and fires and a pair of glowing eyes that were overtaken by the all too familiar glowing blue crystal that covered half of her vision, and in all these vignettes she knew she was losing everything, her children were taken by each threat one by one and she was powerless to stop them. A pain lanced through her and in her dream she whipped around teethed barred to seize whatever threat it was that was ruining her life but the pain continued, it throbbed and it intensified and-

Recluse's eyes flew open, cherry gaze wildly searching the area around her until she registered that she was safe and sound in her own den, the memories of the day rushing back to fill the space in her brain that had been occupied by the nightmares. She sighed, wanting to hide her muzzle under a forepaw, but the pain... It hadn't gone away. A little quicker than she meant to the woman's head lifted and gaze moved to her tail-

Enki had it firmly in his little sharp grip and was playing with it like it was a rabbit. Recluse took a moment longer to calm her breathing before pushing herself to half sitting, her chest lifting off the ground and holding her weight with her forepaws, and the woman chuckled softly. "I have to admit I think you may have won this round." She smiled at the boy, feeling the warm comfort of her affection for her children start chasing away the anxiety from her dreams.

WC: 530 (1209/1500)

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The Best (And Smallest) Fighter Around!

Recluse Fighting Seasonal

Recluse