Iktome Plains with nothing to fear out here

it was odd to be subjected to such an unorthodox swell of contradictory emotions. on one paw, as she roamed to the moor's edge, she felt lighter than she had in a long, long time...the wispy trill of the woods coaxing her close with something akin to giddiness. it had been so long, too long since she'd lingered within the shadow's caress and oh how she teetered on full blown ecstasy at the prospect of going home if only for a little while. and yet, it was that exact thought process that fueled grumbling guilt sneering on the whistling back of the sea's frisky messenger. rusalka was her home, rosencrantz was her home. it felt so wrong to feel bliss at the idea of departing from him. of course, she knew that was not the case in all its truth. she had no desire to leave the scarred sentry, in fact, the mere thought of the time that will be spent away from him was the worst part about this trip. but the fact that her excitement still budded from something that tugged her away from this new life she was trying to build was the perfect target for hungering guilt and it was sure not to miss its mark. 

and yet when the soldier finally did reach the border's she'd grown so accustomed to restlessly pacing, she did not so much as waver when stepping across and continuing after rowan's skittering scent trail. amusement twirls within tenebrous pools, just imagining the excited dance to have laid out his scent in such a scattered manner. but he wasn't...alone? an intrigued arch to a slender brow as she picked up the pace to catch up to the...two. a girl, adorned in spiced earthen tones, accompanies him. blinking to rowan, she muses dryly "leaving ahead of the tour guide hm? i wouldn't consider that your smartest move yet" last thing he needed was getting himself lost especially if he'd found company in another. "and who's this?" she hums, idly casting the distant coruscating surface a final look before the land would embrace them into her clutch once more; leaving the mettlesome sea and the land she toyed with behind.