Redhawk Caldera A fish that's learned to fly

for some reason I just have all the Fenn muse.  One more aw for anyone <3

Midafternoon saw the dun-pelted girl dozing fitfully, drifting in and out of sleep as her exhaustion finally allowed her to grab some.  She woke up after about an hour still feeling slightly feverish and extremely thirsty, and the latter of those was definitely going to stop her from falling back to sleep.

Towhee had likely stepped away for just a moment, but Fenn suddenly wasn't having it.  Even though sense screamed at her not to, her feverish brain shot that idea down and slowly she pushed herself to her feet.

As her side shifted she felt a wave of excruciating pain that radiated all the way up and into her shoulder.  She listed, but stayed upright, her breath hissing between her teeth as she began taking slow and shaky steps towards the river.

She made it maybe five before lightheadedness overtook her and she sank back down, both forepaws with nails digging into the ground.  With the release of the tension and now having fully aggravated all of her injury once more, Fennec let out a low whine that cut off as soon as she ran out of her short breath.  She'd have to wait.

If nothing else, this experience was serving to really redefine the word "dependent" in a whole new way.