Stone Circle mutually assured destruction

@Vinnira @Valette @Nikai @Steady (?)

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finally, she was home. she had travelled with Vinnira for much of the journey, healing still, and both longing beyond measure to be home, and terrified, for some reason she could not bring to words. her paws danced on the surface of the earth with nervous lightness as she approached, blue gaze staring right into the heart of the territory, still a distance away. she looked to her companion, nervousness in that glance, but also joy. at was the latter that moved her to take up a trot, then a lope, until she threw back her muzzle and let slip a howl from her maw. 

the sound was not quite as beautiful as it ought to have been, lacking the ability to send a message, to have meaning. it was merely ululating sound, yet that was enough, for she wanted her family. and what better way to summon them, even should her howl sound a little more like screaming than melody. never the less, it would do. 

her pace slowed as she reached the borders, and passed them, feeling suddenly a thousand times lighter, knowing that she was home. her gaze turned to Vinnira, and back again, optics shuttling between the woman and the territory that held her family. she found herself hoping madly that she would not spot the fear on the faces of her family that she had seen on the face of Rannoch, and Rose, and others beside. she dipped her head low, without really thinking of the act, feeling her face was something that ought to be hid.