Ankyra Sound holding out for a hero

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Eljay hadn't done well in the past month. He'd come up with many ideas of things he could do for Drageda so that he may please @Thuringwethil, but at the end of the day none of them seemed good and Eljay just didn't know what to do with himself. He wanted to badly to live with @Wildfire and he wanted to prove himself, but he was no good without a pack, he realised. It was a struggle to survive each day and he grew thinner by the day because he just couldn't provide for himself and try to be a good aspiring pack mate to Drageda. Most of all, Eljay really missed mommy and daddy and he wished he'd never left Redhawk Caldera. Eljay was beginning to fear he might not make it into Drageda at all because he hadn't proven anything and considering his weakening health, he was probably not going to get much impressing done either in the near future because his energy was waning. It seemed like a downward spiral that he just couldn't break.

He remembered @Tytonidae's offer and considered that he should make it further south along the beach. She'd pointed in the direction opposing Drageda from the Sound, but Eljay was stopped each time that he wanted to make his way there. He wanted so bad to prove himself to Wildfire and he also didn't want to look like a loser who'd up and leave when things got tough in the eyes of the Heda. He kept telling himself that maybe if he kept going for a bit longer, a bit more, maybe she'd see he was worth it.

Eljay hadn't eaten in days and though he had hunted he felt his energy waning. He curled up on the beach that day and watched as the water came and went, his bony ribcage moving slowly up and down while his stomach churned and he wished he had something to eat, so that he could get healthy again and maybe then he would get the chance to become better. Eljay didn't have any gods to turn to, but he still prayed for someone to do anything; for something to happen; for a miracle that would get him back on his feet again.