Drums... drums in the deep

Was that all she wanted? She choked on a sob into the ground. She just wanted to feel safe. This development had thrown her sense of comfort to the wind and she felt like she was back on her boat, unsure if she would ever make it home, or make it to shore alive. One rogue splash away from capsizing.

She pulled her face from the snow and looked up at him, even though he was crouched she still had to look up at him. His face was angry and predatory, how dare she demand promises from him. Throw a fit like a child who didn't want to return home from the playground.

She clenched the biting snow with her paws and looked down at them in shame. This wasn't something she could figure out just by thinking it through. This wasn't in any of her books. This wasn't navigated in any way before that she knew. This was completely new and it terrified her more than ignited her curiosity. At least for now.

"Will you hold me or smack me?" She asked of the ground in front of her, sniffing back her tears of shame. Maybe if she came back from the caves with a limp and a fresh scar no one would be the wiser.


"Ignita"