Mount Apikuni meeting asterr

The hatchlings’ reliance upon her had dwindled, thus allowing for her to venture beyond the confines of the lair far more frequently. Still did she refuse to stay out for more than a few hours, knowing that, whilst they were growing, she was still needed in their lives. For the moment, though, they had been laid to sleep, providing for her plenty of time to venture outside of her home—and so she’d done exactly that. It was towards a neighbouring mountain, the one disconnected from the range, that she’d traveled, wishing to offer to her body the challenge of hiking. Since settling within the cavern, it wasn’t often that she was able to truly climb, and so there were moments in which she felt the desire to test just how well her body remembered to do so.

Up winding paths and steep inclines had the dragoness gone, stopping frequently to assess the view of the land below, only to continue shortly after. During her most recent of pauses, however, there’d come from up ahead a commotion of some sort. Curious, she’d proceeded with caution, and had arrived just in time to bear witness to the stranger’s failure. Yet, despite what had happened, she’d not laughed nor said even the quietest of humourous comments. Instead, her approach had been continued, stopping next once she was only several meters away. By then, her presence should have been noticed, and so she’d gone on to ask, “Are you alright?”