hale cometh down upon our spines

Adrenaline finally settled down and she realized what had happened. Shivers run down her from both fear and cold. She could feel the heat radiating off of his body as she lay haphazardly across him. His fur is surprisingly soft. Her face scrunches as his sides begin to heave with his belly laughter. It is then that she feels the weight of his leg over her as well. As if they were a tangled mess of limbs and fur. Her face scrunches even more. Exhausted, slightly delirious, and unsure what to do, she doesn't move. Resting her cheek against his shoulder, she starts to laugh herself.

"Surprise, fucker. It's a pretty neat side effect," she heaves the words out as she continues to try to catch her breath between the laughter and emotion. Holy shit, what had they just gone through? Really, she should be getting up and making space between them. And Binti... Where was Binti? Fear races through her again as her eyes pop open. Both ears are alert as she scrambles to stand but all of her muscles are sore. Instead, she leans into the boy and raises her head, peering around through the storm to try and see her companion.

"Binti!" Delphi yells over the wind until her bi-colored gaze lands on the binturong. Alive and pretty pissed, the binturong sits in the back corner behind the dead fire. She mouths the word sorry as her ears fold backward. Turning her attention back to the boy, she leans around, still half on him, to look at his face. Were they really just lying out in this storm? "You saved me," she teased, a mischievous grin spreading across her lips.