Lion Head Mesa quamdiu

she swallows but nods, looking away. she isn't ready to talk about the loss of Astara yet. perhaps, if she keeps it tucked it away, it will be as if it never happened.

but. . .no. it can't be that way. Merrick takes it too seriously.

she casts her head in a semicircle across the rocks, then her eyes dart back to the man, questioning. you live here, now? once, he had sought a place in Ursus. did he intend to fight, or was he one of the others?

she lets out her breath in a long sigh, staring away, lips pursed and the air streaming her lips through hard and fast.

so much had changed.