Whitewater Gorge It feels good to mess it up

She was hungry, tired, lost, and terrified. It had been the longest few days of her young life and, for the first time since daddy left, she openly missed home. But she didn't know how to get back, so she continued to get more and more lost, wandering and crying for mommy - daddy - anyone to find her.

MOMMMMMAAAA. Her voice was nearly gone, so the wail didn't carry the way it had yesterday. Her tail tucked and she sat down heavily, stomach pinched. She wanted food almost as much as she wanted to just see them. Mommy, daddy, Sphyra, even Caracal.

Tierra whimpered hoarsely as she looked around. She didn't recognize anything. There was an unfamiliar rushing noise somewhere off in the distance and open space all around. The mountains in the distance barely registered.

Daddy. She snuffled, then slid down, pressing her belly to the cooler earth.