Dragoncrest Cliffs i wanted to be your anchor

furi does come but - goes right over to the big rauna that blixen hardly knows (his name is funny, ettal? ettowl? ette, she decides). he'd been on the trip with eske when they'd found her, so it tracks that they might be friendly, but it doesn't do much to help her bitter mood.

she's ready to skulk off but bobby chooses to make an appearance - she eyes him with a stern frown. he hadn't come with them and she hopes it's because he was working on training while they were out. her frown doesn't last for long though when faced with his bubbly presence and she offers a strained smile, glancing at artaax. "mother showed up on the borders at the same time as us," she says, a painful edge to her voice, "and immediately collapsed and wouldn't wake up. we stayed with her but - since she hasn't woken up yet and - nomi couldn't be away from drageda all winter... and i wanted to stay but nomi said no, so." were she a less loyal child blixen would've had half a mind to sneak off back before they'd gotten home. but she is a loyal child and the thought of leaving again without permission never crosses her mind. 

suddenly the fatigue of the trip catches up to her, and compounded by her bad mood, she can't stand to be around any of them. she looks at furi again with a deeper frown and huffs slightly, straightening up. "you shoulda come, bobby," the redhead says scoldingly and then, feeling tears prick the corner of her eyes, turns and abruptly takes off at a brisk pace, her spine rod-straight.