Bearclaw Valley frozen

as laurel leaned into her side indra placed her head over laurel's shoulders, her features worried into a frown. so much had happened to sour them to the world -- and it seemed that at this time, the world was playing some cruel and endless joke on them.

only, they didn't think it was so funny anymore.

with a listless sigh indra groomed behind laurel's ear affectionately, though she said nothing encouraging. in truth, if she spoke her mind, she was sure it would upset laurel more -- it was better to keep quiet on these sorts of things.

despite their frailty, despite the sadness that consumed them, indra knew they would soldier on.

they always did.