The Sunspire Linger of self doubt

Her travels had long since concluded and yet she still struggled to focus. Even keeping more to herself than usual, resting up, and trying to throw herself fully into the Sunspire routine had failed to inspire her deeply. Something felt off, everyone was drifting (with a few plain missing..?), and she did not know if she could pull it back together.. or if they even really wanted it to happen. Maybe the thirst for change would become too intense, and just maybe this was not the true path. She pinned her ears, loping forward as purposefully as she  could as she was returning from another short foray beyond the mountainside.. that seemed to struggle to keep her rooted.

Her journey had done well to reaffirm her strength , and now that her coat had shedded out in full (to leave her excessive hackles, but she could tolerate this), she knew she should have been finding herself in a better place. Her confidence in her physical self was great -- she felt good, down to her bones, but anxiety and unease clouded her thoughts even still. Instead, she felt split and pulled apart, with frustration gathering by the moment due to this. Her attachment to the few faces that remained did run painfully deep, but even so, there was always... the lure of more, somehow.

Amekaze wore her frown openly, even when she came upon Jace. He looked inexplicably weighed down and oddly empty all at once. She rumbled at him anyway, despite it all, and swept close to nip his shoulder. You have looked better the concern in her minty eyes intended to say as she gave him a long look. Jace was suffering, and it did not need someone as perceptive as her to see it.

She did hope she was not as obvious as he was.