Fractured

In a sense, Wilder enjoyed the warm that Whisper's body spread throughout his own. He hadn't necessarily thought he was cold, but now that his neck was warmer than the rest, he silently wished she was a tad larger. Now wasn't the time to go asking for hugs though. He was actually probably cold from the weird things happening around them. The unsettled knot that formed in his stomach spreading uncertainty and nervousness throughout his nerves. He wouldn't admit he was scared though... Nope, not one bit.

Her comment about the channels meeting up a ways down has him pulling from inside his mind back to the rose-tinted world around them. "Let's check it out," Wilder says gruffly, picking up the pace until they approach the spot she had pointed at. Indeed, right here, the winding channels seemed to convene into a single point before spreading out again. "I guess only one way to find out what'll happen," he comments, his teeth grinding for a moment before leaning down to give Whisper a chance to hop off.

"Let's get diggin'," Wilder grimaces before he begins to dig cautiously into the closest channel.

"Wilder"