Sun Mote Copse She paints me blue again

The boulder had come to rest almost flush with the base of the mountain, so once the girls came closer, the water grew shallow. It sloshed around their ankles as they approached the great stone's rugged flank. Up close, it was even larger than Sugar had anticipated, not to mention quite a bit more interesting. It wasn't smooth at all; its surface bore the marks of decades of erosion by the elements, as well as its unceremonious tumble down the mountainside.

"This came all the way from the top of the mountain," Sugar thought aloud, looking over at Avery. Of course, she didn't know its particular elevation prior to crashing down into the copse, though she wasn't entirely off base with her supposition. "If we climb on top, we can say we stood on top of a mountain," she marveled.

But how on earth were they going to get up there? Sugar circled the base nearest to her, paws splashing noisily with every movement, but she could see no way to seek purchase to scale the boulder's curved, uneven facets, at least directly. Her attention shifted to the nearby rock wall, wondering if they could climb a ways and then jump down onto the big rock. It sounded like something @Crow and/or @Pox would do.

And that thought had Sugar shaking her head and seeking Avery's gaze. "I don't think this is a good idea."