Swiftcurrent Creek My skin, my soul, my finest jewels

she'd been wandering through their home rather aimlessly; feeling rather on the bored side and burning with a nagging restlessness. her mind kept wandering back to her little secret excursion to the beautiful fox's glade and then from there she'd think of her newfound friend, clay. the memories left her feeling warm and...excited too. she supposed it was the whole thing of this experience being hers alone, her whole life had been shared with either her parents or her siblings so far and it was surprisingly refreshing to suddenly have something that was hers alone. plus he'd been so nice and she found herself having to fight urges to go seek him. the likelyhood of coming across him again were slim and she didn't want to get lost! she couldn't do that to her parents with everything they'd been through.

yet the feeling didn't go away and she trotted through the territory with little discontent huffs. she was so lost in her daydreams though that she didn't even break free from her reverie until she crashed right into maman with a startled yelp. she pulls back, ears flattening bashfully as bi-eyes widen. "sorry!! i didn't notice you i was..." what? she didn't want to say daydreaming that sounded silly! so she opts for trailing off dumbly instead, attempting a sheepish half smile.

it's short lived though as she's left shuffling her paws awkwardly. she hadn't really seen maman since what had happened...she'd been with the pups and polaris had been way too nervous to go near the den- scared as to how she'd react giving what she knew. so standing there, she suddenly finds her mouth quite dry and at a loss for words.