Sun Mote Copse She paints me blue again

Backdated to a few days after this!

Avery hadn't been nearby when the earthquake had sent the boulder tumbling into the river, but she had heard and felt it. The rumbling and the shaking of the ground beneath her feet had sent her into hiding -- right between her father's forelegs. She was getting a little too big for that these days, and it was something she hadn't done for some time, but he didn't protest; the tremors as of late had been making him uneasy, and he was happy to comfort his daughter.

She wasn't brave enough to go to the creek later that day, or even the next day. But eventually, she went to go investigate, drawn by her love of rocks. This one was the largest she had seen, and while the flooding had gone down slightly, it was still wedged right in the center of the stream. All along the banks were smaller stones and bits of scree that had cascaded down the mountainside with the boulder. Avery stayed far from the edge of the water, but excitedly began to examine all the treasures that had been delivered right to her doorstep.