With the passing of days and Aleera's advice heeded to all of her ability, she had begun to feel better. Fever shaken and wounds from the silvered, creek-dwelling, brute healing, she finally descended the mountain for the first time in a handful of days.
Frankly, she didn't know how long it actually had been since she had last put her paws to the dirt here closer to their boundaries... her head had been elsewhere lately, yet it seemed like longer than it had actually been. Several of her hours had been lost to fevered rest, but when she had been awake she had contemplated and attempted to meditate (something she had not done much of since leaving Rikudou, and even less of since conforming to pack life..) to soothe both her mind and body. It had been met with mixed results.
The coming shift in the seasons was heavy on her thoughts and she looked deep into nature for answers. None came, yet. It was too soon, but she was listening and looking in an effort to be ready to understand when it did decide to reveal itself. While she hoped for the seasons to come to pass smoothly and for their pack to prosper without issue, something deep in her gut inspired an unfounded anxiousness. Amekaze wanted to disprove it as soon as she could, not justify it..
Now, she moved slowly but purposefully as she gradually stretched out her stiff muscles. All the while, her senses were keened to busily reacquainted herself with the mountain's lower reaches. Here and there were new scents interspersed with old yet on the whole, it all seemed peaceful and just as it always had been. When she reached the borderlands' proximity, she paused, then breathed deep. Where to begin..?
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i want to bleed in the 「r a i n」