Blacktail Deer Plateau we are in a state of flux

blix stays rooted to the ground, too intensely focused on furi to feel silly about her positioning. her question -- so wonderfully, obliviously furi! -- makes her laugh, not loudly and mockingly, but something shy and sweet. "of course -- i -- well. i wanted to come looking for you sooner, but there was a bear in the sound and -- anyway," ahem, moving right past that (despite the beautiful scars she now...bears) "i couldn't come until now. but i got separated from my friend and, uh, sprained my ankle in the forest somewhere. max and the others found me and helped me out -- are they your friends?"