Full Circle

As she backed away from the edge of the canyon, she felt her rump bump into something and she gasped with surprise, making her head quickly turn to look behind her, bringing her pale gaze to look up at Chimera. She sighed and relaxed once more as a grin pulled across her lips at the pat he gave her rump, giving him a playful glare. "No, quite the opposite, in fact," she replied with a chuckle as she turned around to face him. She leaned into his chest affectionately as she nuzzled the side of his neck, her tail wagging gently behind her at his surprise presence. "It seems that I have a distinct dislike of heights." This was the first time that she had really been around somewhere so high up consistently since their other homes had been mostly flat or simply hilly, but she knew she'd adjust quickly enough and luckily she didn't think there was much reason for her to be near the edge of the cliffs that often. Wherever Chimera wanted to settle she would follow–even if it meant getting over a silly fear of heights.

She settled down onto her haunches, deciding that sitting felt better than standing given their current location, and then leaned back from him a bit so that she could see his face again. "How're you feeling?" she questioned as she slipped one of her paws around his foreleg at his elbow, giving his chin a tender lick. It was a question he had been asked hundreds of times since he fell ill, but she couldn't stop herself from worrying about him. Even now as he continued to heal and improve, she still had to check and make sure that his own work ethic wasn't making him ignore any of his symptoms and he wasn't pushing himself too hard too fast. They were both guilty of that good yet sometimes detrimental trait so it was something she in particular had been on the look out for. For a while she had feared the worst and had slid back into the role she had taken on when she was leading the pack in his place, caring for their family as best as she could, but seeing him up and well enough to at least be a bit playful and flirtatious did a lot for her nerves.

"Dalila Vista Klein"