April 15, 2024, 01:03 PM
it was harder to track even the sea-scent in such a vast place with a thousand smells. chani lagged behind @Sobeille, trailing slowly down from the mountains. a rain-storm had forced a day's delay while she navigated shelves of wet stone and walls of sliding earth.
but eventually, muddied, tired, and exhilarated, chani had found curls of vague salt here and there, announcing where her cousin had stepped.
the bleak tanglewood was given an arched brow; the black birds did not invite chani closer. she let out a howl, telling the other girl she was close, and, belly cramping, fell to hunting the meadow.
hunger had been a rather constant companion, not starvation, but hunger. having to hunt each day alone was unappealing, chani decided, setting her eyes on a pair of sage grouse strutting though the springing jade grass.
but eventually, muddied, tired, and exhilarated, chani had found curls of vague salt here and there, announcing where her cousin had stepped.
the bleak tanglewood was given an arched brow; the black birds did not invite chani closer. she let out a howl, telling the other girl she was close, and, belly cramping, fell to hunting the meadow.
hunger had been a rather constant companion, not starvation, but hunger. having to hunt each day alone was unappealing, chani decided, setting her eyes on a pair of sage grouse strutting though the springing jade grass.