hale cometh down upon our spines

Her grin widens as he replies with a hell yes. Suddenly, though she is tired, she feels a burst of energy and her shortened tail is thumping against his leg. Before she has a chance to get off of him, he is shoving her playfully away. "Aye!" Delphi yelped with a playful snap of her teeth that was followed up with a laugh. Tumbling off of his side as he finished shoving her off, she realized then just how much her body depended on his body heat to help keep her warm. Though she was now shivering, she flashed him another grin before heading off down the trail toward the bottom of the mountain. "It isn't far," she calls over her shoulder and motions for Binti to follow. The binturong is reluctant to follow but does anyway to make sure Delphi doesn't actually get herself killed.

And thankfully, as the sleet and hale begin to pick up again, Delphi comes to a stop at one of the tunnel entrances. Snow sweeps inside as the wind is tossed all around them. She glances at Strai to make sure he is following before going into the tunnel. Though it is dim, there are candles lit every so often to ensure everyone can find their way through the potentially dizzying maze. There is no hesitation in her steps as she takes him deeper down into the mountain. When they had first moved into the maw, Delphi had gone exploring with her sister, Aji, and found a special hidey hole. No one except for Aji and Vidarr knew about it and he had only known after following them one day down there.

Turn after turn, she slowly warmed as the ground grew slightly warmer. It wasn't as frozen this deep inside the mountain. After what felt like forever, Delphi finally stopped in front of a small entrance that would be barely large enough to fit Vidarr himself. The front of it was covered with a thick deer hide. "C'mon," she grins at him in the darkness of the tunnel. Dipping behind the hide, she pulls it aside so he can come inside and see the somewhat spacious cavern she and her sister had made for themselves. There is only one small crack at the back that is just wide enough for any smoke to filter out, otherwise, there are no other entrances or tunnels except the one they came in from.

At the back, by the crack, there are remnants of a small fire and a bundle of wood. Off to one side, there is a large pile of furs large enough for two adult wolves. In the center is a small wooden table with a mixture of... paraphernalia to put it simply. To the other side is a large pot full of drinkable water and a stash of snacks. "My sister and I come down here when we wanna get away from the adults," Delphi says as her tail begins to wag. Going over to the small fire at the back of the room, she starts to get wood piled and started so they can get warm.