It seemed that she distracted him from his tree-task and she watched with a keenly curious look. He greeted her in an unexpected way and then moved to her, and she had prepared to sink herself lower in deference should his signals dictate it, but instead she was left stilled.
He acted in a mixed way, like he could not decide what to make of her.. which she reasoned was not surprising. Ferdie was a curious wolf and while she was coming to suspect that she lured out an extra element of it in him, she knew there was something to be said without words here. In his company she was at ease and in smoothly good spirits.
In his nearness, with his muzzle at her shoulder blades, she snaked her neck against his and pressed her dark fur against his agouti shades. She nipped at his chest mischievously -- fondly, in her way, that he was probably coming to realize. She was not always particularly gentle in her contact, however brief, although did not mean it in an aggressive way. Tenderness was not a strong quality of hers.
Amekaze settled back with her weight mostly on her hind paws to listen. Hm, well if you could not budge it,
she looked around him to the tree. It looked pretty set in its ways despite his efforts. It is probably not yielding. I was going to suggest trying to swing wide then looping back, to see if a path further around was better if I could not spot one here with daylight's help. It is similar to what you say, and I do agree, going with the mountain will always be easier.
They were notoriously unshakable and she took the moment to look at the wall and then its edges; no paths were obvious from here despite how furiously she narrowed her eyes at it.
Eventually she huffed and settled her focus back onto Ferdie. We should try traveling higher then back down, as you say. It should work the best, and the mountain may.. be a bit more hospitable if we go with its flow,
she concluded as she had taken to the idea from the first mention of it. If it comes to it, we can try approaching from the other side and up a ways, too. We will not know until we trek though,
Ame added, which was in the event of the paths up further being blocked somehow. With more daylight on their side this time and a tactic in mind, she had more confidence that they would make progress. Last time had been wholly on a whim and dark to boot. This time she felt much more prepared.
She shifted forward and nudged her muzzle against the underside of his, then stepped aside to get turn her focus towards trailblazing.
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