gotta keep going

If he were being honest with himself, and her, he would have to admit that he had no earthly clue where he was going. However, that truth would likely scare her and so he hadn't come to the point of admitting it just yet. Besides, the earth had no end and so it wasn't as if they'd fall off into oblivion, right? A sigh drifted from his lips as he found that his paws were getting tired and very, very sore. It was hot here, and he felt his fur clinging to his skin uncomfortably. He knew Miliani was probably not having the time of her life either, but he didn't see a brighter side anywhere he looked. He continued to pace onward, a particularly sharp, jagged rock finding a sensitive crevice in his right front paw. He yelped out in pain, instinctively drawing his paw up close to his body. A droplet of blood stained the earth below him, then another, and another. A whine escaped his lips as he looked down at his 'attacker', nosing the rock abruptly out of his path. "Ouch," he let loose, a frown drawing the two half circles inside his eyes closer together. A tear threatened to fall from his eyes, but he blinked it away, looking off into the distance to ensure his sister didn't see his pain. "Why don't we rest for a minute," he choked out before lapping tenderly at his injured paw. It wasn't the nicest of places to wait, as they were in the open and extremely vulnerable, but he knew that it wouldn't be wise to expose his paw to the dirt for a while until the wound clotted. He watched as droplet after droplet of his blood slowly fell and seeped into the rocky terrain. He continued to hold his paw up close to his chest and peered around to see what his sister was doing.