Ocean's Breath Plateau A Million Dancing Shards

There has been something different the last few nights staying in the same place with more than just Silas around. The comfort reminds her of her parents and of the bay long ago, and she’s certain she can get used to this kind of thing. In response, she is blissfully unaware of Silas’ restlessness that when she wakes up in the middle of the night to find him gone, panic instantly swells in her chest. Her mind is alert in seconds and she scrambles to all four feet before she pursues a haphazard circle to locate the freshest of his scents.

It takes her an unnecessarily long time to do it and her legs are already tired, wanting to rest again but she pushes herself forward. By the time she finds him, she hears voices that she’s not familiar with and she tries to listen from afar but her less-than-graceful entrance isn’t something to be hidden. Qilaq shakes out her fur and follows the short path that leads between the two though she doesn’t hide the weary glance from her friend to the stranger as she comes to a stop near Silas.