Silverlight Terrace Rain or Shine (I)

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Wildfire doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up, lolz. She's such an indecisive character.

Suddenly, she was transported back in time, to her very first thunderstorm (that she could remember). She recalled the sudden, sweeping rush of rain, the drafty dampness and, of course, the heart-pounding lightning and thunder. Her passion for naturalism had been born that day. Wildfire blinked and returned to the present. She felt a rush of nostalgia. Naturalism had been her first apprenticeship. It didn't serve her much purpose these days but perhaps that was her fault for not pursuing the field as actively. As she gazed over the strange phenomenon before her, she tentatively decided she should keep it after all.

Then she could retire as a Warrior and pick up hunting instead, still leaving her with three strong and useful trades. As she arrived at this epiphany, it just felt right. She had less than three seconds to enjoy the feeling before a movement to her right distracted her. Wildfire jumped slightly, then grinned when she saw it was Floki who had sidled up beside her. She shifted sideways to bump companionably against him.

"It is, isn't it?" she agreed, her amber eyes sliding from his boyish face to the billowing curtain of rain falling just a few hundred feet away. "It made me remember how passionate I was about being a Naturalist when I was little," Wildfire shared out loud. "I've sort of let that trade fall to the wayside. I was actually thinking of dropping it. But, I mean... how awesome is stuff like this?" She paused for a few beats, then admitted, "I'm thinking of dropping Warrior instead, especially after what happened with the bear..."