Ouroboros Spine crooked but upright

Not too much further into her descent towards the inner sanctums of the territory, she heard the thrashing of a heavy approach. For a few tense moments, Echelon prepared herself for the worst, wondering just who would be coming as quickly to meet her. And when that figure burst from the greenery, it was in a flurry of darkness and large, the shape none other than Tonravik. Her guard dropped considerably at the sight of her aokkatti, greeting her with a hearty wave of her tail and the lowering of her stance altogether. It had been a good while since she had been in her company and she was appeased that Tonravik would come to her first above all others. But in the same stroke, she expected it; more than simple companionship bound them together.