Sea Lion Shores Gimme three steps

Thistle Cloud strode from the borders of her home, determination in her steps. She was not going to sit idle while winter came and claimed the shore for it's own. She had started hunting more, today her plan was to head to the forest and find some plants to bring home. Her and Nerian had a nice little garden of their own, but she wanted more. The thought of being unprepared made her ill and her stomach tight and painful. She continued on sandy paws leaving dents in the sand only to be washed away as the sea lay claim.

As Thistle walked her thoughts went inward to her own issues and her own problems and she analyzed and combed through them all, coming to decisions others putting away for another time. She was lost in her own world and as such she did not see the male watching the sea lions until she was almost upon him. She stopped short and stood staring at him, with a small feeling of wariness and she spoke softly I apologize for almost running you over.