Shosanna

Yesterday had been Velox's birthday, and though she was always generally unaware of it, it came to her mind now that she felt especially old today, specifically with the pains that plagued her healing body. It had been so long now that she had almost forgotten how it felt to be completely healthy, which is what she had been for the majority of her adult life. Her days felt long, and the nights even longer, but she attributed this to having nothing to pass the time but to think her thoughts and occasionally exercise her stiff, aching limbs.

The freshly aged five year-old took to the cloudy afternoon with less vigor than she had in the previous days. Velox had been eager to be on her feet and get well again, but these thoughts were as clouded as the sky today and she could not shake the feeling of dread on her shoulders or the feeling of her mortality that surrounded her usually pleasant attitude. She limped forward slowly, again journeying to the nearby Creek on her own and finding herself slightly glad that she could make the trip easier now and would no longer be subject to the ice-melt at the back of her den.

Her resilience to tragedy was immense, so she started to shake her unhappiness and replace it with thoughts of her fortunate survival. Idly she wondered if Dawa would be there at her den tonight, as she lapped at the cool, refreshing water and kept her bi-colored eyes on the sky above. It would probably rain, and though she liked the sound of storm, she didn't think that she wanted to be alone tonight...