it's burning through the bloodline

As a smile broke across her features, he raised his tail in a friendly wave. It would have seemed that she fared about the same as the last time he had come across her. Perhaps a touch more ragged, but given the full swing of summer he suspected that they were all in about the same boat. The days were long and the nights short and as it were, there was often much to be done. His thoughts had not progressed to the consideration of winter to come just yet, but they were just among the things that lingered at the horizon. The passage of time was keen to escape how it desired.

"What brings you around these parts?" he asked as the space between them dwindled reasonably. He had found nothing out of place in his approach, so he didn't feel it necessary to be wary of over-curious bodies trying to snake their way over the line. For the most part, the Plateau was reasonably guarded even in light of all the rain that had come down. It would have seemed even to him that they were out and about as soon as it came to a tolerable rate, marking and scoring the earth to proclaim their domain.