Verdant Basin Love on the brain

@Paschar

The agouti vixen had roamed so far, her paws feeling a perminant numbness that was impossible to adapt too. She longed for company, and although the wolfess could never create a commitment beside her brother, she considered the idea. No, she wasn't ready to replace him, she never would be. Charley was her twin, her partner in crime, her other half and she screwed it up. It was disgraceful enough to have made such a mistake, but to put someone else in his place was unthinkable. For now she could manage the few wolves to occasionally pop out in the wintery ground beside territory she wasn't welcomed in. 

Emory was lonely. She would never admit this of course, maybe not even to her brother -- if she were to find him that is. Her muscles ached for a proper night of rest, but was proven impossible without another by her side to warm her. Months upon months of journey and barely any rest to reconcile. Luckily, she knew how to catch food, otherwise she would lose the second most precious thing to her; her body. She hadn't grown too thin while being in solidarity, but as winter grew it was proving harder to maintain. 

The sun had fallen onto the opposite side of the world and the moon stared her in the face with multiple stars, all so close. She took it as a mocking, how the stars never moved from each other cause they were smart enough not to leave. And the few times they did, creating a falling star, it would soon die off because it's decision. Emory blew air out of her nose, creating the illusion of smoke, and decided it was smart to rest -- well, try that is.