To and through the heart

For a moment she thought she would fall to her death. The tunnel had opened out on to a plateau which sloped down one side of the mountain, leading to a sheer cliff, which then dropped in to nothingness - or at least, somewhere that Salamander wasn't about to try and explore. Such details weren't necessary.

She heard a snap from behind her, and the pinch of teeth upon her tail, which made her wheel about and bare her fangs - drawing her tail close. The male must have been trying to help her. But Salamander couldn't help her reaction; she was trained to react to pain and to aggression, after all. Upon setting her sights upon his golden self, the toothy expression faltered, and then slipped away entirely - leaving her blank.

"Guess that was the exit." She commented blandly, as if nothing had happened. Her tail was throbbing but she would ignore it. There was nowhere else to go now, so they'd have to move back through the tunnel system if they wanted to access the territory - unless -

Salamander began to look around, observing the earth. There were thin crevices and ridges which could have supported a wolf, if they were careful enough, and they seemed to wind down towards the borderlands in the north. After her near fall, Salamander chose not to take the risk, and instead turned towards the exit tunnel. With a cant to her head, she ushered him back inside - 'After you' - and would follow soon after.