Fault and fracture

Morwenna hobbled forward, closing the distance between them. Without pausing she pressed into the larger woman's fur, her nose finding the space between Kaija's neck and ear.

"I was going to, I..." She pulled back and looked down at where her dainty foot would be.

"Oh... It's... It's nothing. Pushed my nose where I shouldn't have honestly." She replied sheepishly, trying to brush it off, ignoring the hitch of fear in her throat and the tremble in her shoulders.

"I'm just so glad you're okay! I... We... were worried. No one heard from you after the raid." She said, "Now! What... what do you think of this place? This wasn't here before!" She said, trying to return their attention to their usual adventure!