WE WILL ROCK YOU

As much as she liked to think that she could easily keep up with the older boys, Gale was finding her pace beginning to slow. The walking was not so much the issue as her swift gait and fit frame made easy work of the mountainous pass as they ascended, but the watery passage they had initially made had zapped the majority of her spent energy. While her elder brothers had their height and larger mass to assist them when the waters around their spindly land bridge got rough, the lavender-marked young lady had been completely at its mercy. Though none of her siblings had allowed her to step wrong and get washed away, it had still been an uncomfortable journey and she had been incredibly glad to be done with it once they were on solid, dry land again.

Which made her slightly disappointed that she should be feeling the effects of their journey before they had even truly started it. Her pale eyes lifted and glanced toward her towering monster of a brother, fixing her gaze on his blue-marked frame for a second before she let her attention wander around again. They were making progress, right? This was not the beach on which they had all but washed up on, this was higher, further inland, and safer as far as Gale was concerned. But where exactly was here?

An ear turned toward Glacier absently as he called off an order for rest, and dragging her gaze back toward him she followed where he directed them to take note of the little alcove he had chosen. Her lavender-tinted brows furrowed slightly; were they all going to fit in there? She was not even sure that Glacier could squeeze his way inside with as tall and bulky as he was. But as he took a seat outside, sticking to the guardian's stance that seemed to suit him best, Gale knew he had no plans of resting the same as them. He was going to push himself more than any of them to make sure they made it through their move okay.

She did not attempt to argue with him - how did you argue a stubborn mountain anyway? - and padded softly over to their family's temporary alcove before pausing beside him. "You sure you don't want to squeeze in here first, Tiny?" she questioned, feeling sincerely bad that he would be the one to sit away from them regardless of it being his choice. He always seemed to be the one willing to make the sacrifices; it bothered her more than she typically let on.