Safety in the Unnatural

Quote:As the Tarkein of her pack lowered her gaze and answered Snap's question, the lithe grey wolf followed suit and looked away herself. "Damn," she murmured under her breath, a look of cold annoyance marring her sharp features. Though she had been expecting bad news, it was still difficult to take. Their pack, while not so large and prestigious as the others, had still been large enough to boast of a considerable following, and now each and every one of them, save the two present, were unaccounted for, missing, or dead. Snap shook her head as she released a steaming breath from her lungs, wondering just how many of those faces she had never bothered placing a name to she would never see again.

Shifting her weight a little, right foreleg still held gingerly off the snow covered ground, she listened as Zara informed her that she was the first one located, her words failing her after a moment. Snap nodded curtly yet understandingly. "Yeah. Same," she responded, a hint of disappointment held somewhere within her tone. Real shame. I was so looking forward to this pack, she thought. Perhaps with time, she guessed, she might be given another chance of seeing the Lentajin in all its shining glory.

To her gratitude and relief, the Tarkein suggested they search for shelter amid the ruins of the ship, and Snap managed another stubborn smile.
Without a word, she nodded her head once more and hobbled in the wake of the smoother walking, pale eyed wolf. It was a little awkward, and slower than she was used to, but she was moving on her own. And soon, she assured herself, soon she would be able to rest her tired body and aching paw.

-- snap