Even if she found border duty to be tedious and oftentimes repetitive (plus, her bladder never seemed big enough to mark as much as she wanted...), for the cause of this mountain she stuck to it and worked diligently. The Sunspire had become important to her and her fondness of the land underfoot only seemed to grow with the days. The fact that the Creek remained insistent on shooing them away from what was theirs only served to harden her stubbornness, for she would not go down without swinging first.
She stole pause now and then to scrape her paws or rub her shoulders against particular spots that looked like they needed some more attention, but mostly, she was busy putting miles underfoot. Covering ground, especially mountainside ground, kept this interesting after all.
Her curiosity was sparked by the subtle scent of wolf. Unknown wolf, at that, not just the commonplace smell of Ferdie and Jace. With their borders present, she felt suddenly protective, and wove a path that should bring her to the other in just a few beats.
When she saw a glimpse of red-shaded fur that was even over an underbelly of pale hues, her mind instantly jumped to Fox then shortly after, a flicker of anger -- even if it was not Fox's, or Swiftcurrent's, scent that had alerted her to this at all. Fur rose up on her shoulders and her gait gained more speed, but it was her nose that reminded her otherwise and soon her eyes confirmed this, albeit with a quizzical squint; this was not Fox, but a very similar-looking creature.
She decided this was better than that despite how entertaining finding Fox here may have been. Ame strode closer purposefully and wondered why the fox-colored was here. Lose something?
she queried simply.
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i want to bleed in the 「r a i n」