Take a chance

*Anais* · 01-15-2015, 03:54 PM

Walk | Talk | Think

He greeted her by the same nickname he had adopted on their first meeting, a fact that caused the edges of her smile to curve a little more noticeably on her face. She certainly felt like a little mouse standing beside him, this giant of a wolf that towered over her and yet still managed to pull off the impression of being gentle as a breeze and soft as a flower. The whole of him seemed so contradictory to her, a curiosity that she had not finished puzzling over, that Anais found she enjoyed being in his presence, receiving his teasing and encouragement not to be afraid. It was hard to find fear in the world when she was faced with someone who should have scared her the most...and felt only wonder.

"Me?" she repeated, her quiet voice just as surprised as the lift to her brows suggested. She wanted very much to ask why, to understand what it was that had drawn him back, but instead of offer details Glacier instead offered a scenario, and a very tempting one at that. A few days of adventure! It had been so long since she had last been on an adventure, half a year at least. She missed it terribly, the freedom, the excitement, the fun, and her expression showed it. Her yellow-gold eyes lit up from within, her body seeming to tense as if ready to spring forward straight into this adventure right away. Even her tail wagged once quickly at the thought, though before she could get an answer out responsibility settled back in. Lebrah. Espirit. They needed her.

Realization dawned with a blink of her eyes, and very quietly, rather quickly, the brightness began to dim. As much as she would have liked to, she could not disappear for a few days at a time. Lebrah was hers, and he was very much dependent on her. And Espirit...she would have felt guilty handing him off to one of her siblings until she returned. "I can't," she answered at length, looking crestfallen and disappointed to have to give the answer she had, "I have Lebrah. And my brother." They were her responsibilities, her priorities. Adventuring just did not fit into her schedule as it once had. But...today was a day for her. "Maybe just one day?" she dared to ask, hope beginning to creep into her yet again and return some of its light to her expression. One day would work, so long as Glacier agreed.

Art by Arin

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