I'm a leaf on the wind

That morning Satu had stood at the invisible boundary that separately Ludicael from the rest of the continent, and simply stared across it. She longed to be out adventuring as she had the first few months after she'd left the Destruction's family pack, but guilt still held her back. Shouldn't she be here, in the pack territory, helping out? She'd been sick for so long, surely she should at least pick up some of the slack for hunting and patrolling to let those who hadn't been ill have a bit of a break. But the call of adventure coupled with her recent close brush with death and subsequent realization of her own lifespan had finally proven too strong to resist, and with a furtive glance she'd crossed over the boundary and set off.

At first it had been a guilty, slinking walk, but slowly the joy of freedom overtook her and she sped up into a wild, carefree run. The miles and the hours rushed by her, and she'd needed to take longer and longer breaks from running - still not up to her full endurance after her long illness despite her enthusiasm - and now she'd finally admitted glorious defeat and sprawled out happily on the warmer dark sand in the weak radiance of the late-winter sun. This may not have really qualified as adventure, and it was too cold even here in the south for swimming, but Satu relished in the freedom of being alone outside of pack lands for the first time in a long time. And who knew? Maybe after a good long rest she'd set out to find some real adventure!



"Speech"

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