hands on your knees

It was night in the swamp, frogs were croaking, the moon was high in the sky. Cierzo had slipped away from her brother, her protector as he slept. She did not want him to see her as she truly was- a disgusting mess. Cie was hyperventilating- her breaths coming erratically in great heaves; a nightmare still playing in her mind as she ran to escape it. Her blue eyes were darting to and fro- shadows scaring the woman even more as salty tears began to stream down her beautifully, horrified face. She didn't know where she was going, she just needed to get away from her brother. Anything so he didn't have to see her now.

"Ah!" But in her haste she would trip over herself, her body flailing into a roll and directly into the base of a tree with a soft yelp. Cierzo was a heap of blush fur, her tail tickling her nose as her tears still fell with more shame. She couldn't even run right. The woman did not bother to right herself just yet- a sob running through her body and out of her delicate jaws.

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