Sea Lion Shores i want a hot dog real bad

Mallaidh continues to keep to herself, waiting for the inevitable decision between Blixen and Antumbra. She doesn’t want to be away from Drageda if she can help it so they know at least she’s there. She means well. She wants to stay. She can learn from her mistake. She’s done good for Drageda over the recent months, even when she hadn’t been part of them and before!

After a while, however, she can only take so much anxiety. Legs itch for different terrain beneath her feet and she pulls away, using the coast as her guide, and travels along what’s still familiar to her.

After the river, she’s a bit at a loss. She hasn’t gone too far south but something keeps her going, crossing the narrowest part of the river (but not without soaking her legs by the time she’s on the other side) and shakes off best she can. The air is cold and the wind doesn’t help, pushing and pulling against her and a tremble sets in. After a while, she attempts to lick her legs clear of any excess water to ease up some of the new tension but eventually she gives up and presses through the shores. Large seal bodies sit in the distance, making their own noise and existing outside of her little world a la wolf. Still, Mallaidh is curious and she sits on the cold ground and watches from afar.