Cerulean Cape whisper wild

eyjolfur had made the coastline her temporary homestead -- following her departure from bramblepoint she had gone west, carrying with her the constant pang of hunger and the seeping, all consuming weariness of haggard age. she had maintained a semblance of fitness despite the advancement of her years, but even then traveling towards the cape had proved arduous. it was during one such respite that she noticed a wolf -- a limping wolf -- and emboldened by his handicap, the savage drew near. it surprised her that he too was elder, though she wondered inwardly how much longer his flame fluttered on this pale earth.