She felt her father's massive paws around her, shuffling her out from under him. She desperately wanted to stay in his fur and scrambled at the ground as he gently hauled her out. Her kitten claws made little white scratch marks on the cavern floor.
Suddenly she felt something soft and muffled over her ears as he tied a scarf around them. She huddled in the spot he had placed her as she considered the sensation and blinked at the ground for a moment. She looked up at him curiously and the scarf muffs stayed in place. The sounds were a lot more bearable! The smells were still overwhelming, but the lights didn't seem to be so bad now.
She sniffed and wiped away a tear as she looked up at her daddy. Trying to catch what mood he was in, whether he was upset about her wandering off and getting overwhelmed.
"I'm sorry." She offered, "This is better. I dunno what happened Daddy." She said and jumped slightly as someone rattled a noisemaker somewhere that made it past her ear muffs. She didn't want this to happen again! She clung to his fur and feeling his warmth again helped her feel safer and more brave again. As long as she was right between her daddy's paws.
