Full Circle

The sun had begun to set as Dalila stepped out of the dens they had been setting up with their return to Boreas and settling within Ashen's borders. She hadn't had a reason to wear her armor in her time away, but today she had put it on again for the first time and had done a patrol earlier in the day since she had taken up the mantle of one of Ashen's fighter ranks. In a way it was almost comforting, getting back into a regular routine and having tasks to complete throughout the day, but at the same time it was strange being back in Ashen again after so long. Of course the setting was different now, but her life was so drastically different than it had been the last time she was a member of Venom's pack. Being back here again took some adjustment–mentally and physically. The terrain was very different here compared to their old island home and the tropical lands they had stayed in to the south so it was going to take some getting used to while she also contended with the thought of being thought of being led by someone other than Chimera once more.

She had taken off her armor and put it away within their chambers before shaking out her fur and stepping out to do just that. She followed the winding curves of the cliffs, her pale gaze taking in the layered, stripped rock faces as she went. If nothing else it was nice to take in some of the cool, early evening air. As they drew ever closer to spring she knew the side effects of her heat season would fade soon enough, but it had been a bit more difficult to ignore now that they were no longer traveling and on the road with her job as one of the group's protectors to distract her. Eventually, her ivory dipped paws came to a tapered part of the cliffs that looked out over a canyon, the vast expanse of it seemingly going on forever in either direction. She paused and lingered there, daring to peek out over the edge before stepping back a step or two with a soft chuckle. The dimming light made the heights a little more palatable since she wasn't able to clearly see the bottom, but she still didn't enjoy them all that much.

"Dalila Vista Klein"