Broken Antler Fen All I did was fail today

Pearl nodded in farewell, simultaneously pondering the most vauge dismissal she had ever recieved or heard. There was always something to be done, but that had to be the one of the oddest things she'd heard. "Take care of yourself," she calls after the disappearing form, fading almost perfectly into the wintery landcape. 

She had a particular look about her face heading back to her den, concern and thoughtfulness fighting for their spot upon her features. 

Once again she snuggled up against the warm, sleeping bodies of her family, and gradually fell back into uneasy unconciousness.