Whitebark Stream you have the universe in your veins

Thuringwethil began to move again, wading toward the opposite bank, and Wildfire lingered behind the tree, deliberating whether to follow any further. She wasn't sure she was ready to speak with the dark commander and there would come a point where following her like this stopped being cute and started being creepy (if she hadn't already crossed that threshold). Lips twisting, the young she-wolf decided it was probably better to turn and head home, leave the Heda to her solitary scouting no matter how badly Wildfire wanted to accompany her.

She turned to go and immediately tripped over the root of a neighboring aspen, face-planting with a loudly grunted, "Oof!"