Swiftcurrent Creek alone

OOC: This is Bazi's joining thread.

Despite the sedative, Bazi was acutely aware of being alone. Her brain had yet to establish an active connection to her legs and it was a feat of endurance not to pass out, but the awareness of being very, very far from home sat in her belly like glacier splinters - angrily sharp, and impossible to deny. The sky was dark, and she was alone.

The closer to full consciousness she got, the quicker her heart fluttered. Soon, the immense stress of the situation had forced the lithe, bright-white yearling onto her feet, wobbling like a drunk baby. Babies shouldn't be drunk. It's illegal. She inhaled sharply, steeled herself against the rising panic, and exhaled like an engine struggling to get going.

There's water nearby. The thought crystallized very suddenly from an arctic hailstorm of other, less cohesive brain activity, most of which was just screaming. Bazi lurched towards the sound. If I can reach water, I-. Well - what? Bazi took another steadying breath. It was something to do until the next good idea came along and broke the solitude.