Blackfoot Forest Singeing Through Cosmoses

Tap, tap, tap. Patter, patter, patter. Pattering was the sound that clicked from her moving feet, sprouting noise only from the undergrowth shuffling to make way for the nightingale's presence. Her head carriage was level, paws gliding across the ground in an airy skip while her tail tapped at the wind with every other step. That foggy gaze had long seen these trees and these soils. She was retracing steps, having long since strayed elsewhere; though, in this time, things felt new. 

Oh, Su, oh, Su! Left poor little imp on her own. That was okay. It wasn't as if she wasn't the one who parted their ways, trailing behind a bit too far and keeping on her own. The psychological beg for water in her stomach was not foreign. No, she was quite used to that! Long had she adapted to living in a state of need. It was what she was familiar with. It was of no bother to her. She didn't notice. That ashy pelt was busy- busy leaping over bramble and thorns, over the foliage sitting about. Now, wasn't this a change! Trees, grass, leaves, dirt, all below her feet all at once! This was a change of pace! This was new. This was fresh. Oh, this had been exciting! A smile was on the tip of that maw of hers, daintily hanging there while she sped up her pace and sought out that nearly floral scent that infatuated her nostrils. 

Su, Su, Su! Where are you, Su! Come out, Su!

Her lips were silent, yet her eyes told all.

Though, she knew she was close. They had never parted all that far. They met up between travels, only for her to slip off at some point and depart from his path. You see, she had much better things to be doing sometimes! What better thing to do than to do absolutely nothing and sit on her own! 

But that wasn't good enough. No, she'd return. It may have taken days sometimes or hours, but she returned time and time again, taking him up in his call of riddles and desires. They didn't all make sense, no, not at all! That was fine though. She knew one thing, and one thing only, and that was that it must have been interesting. It must have been grand! Fine then, she'll find something grand! MAKE something grand in this place of grand! And in mutual agreement, they would learn, and she would be strung along. Now, where was that stupid Su? He'd gone too far! That was a bummer AND annoying.

Coming to a stop when that question rang through her head, she snorted and held her neck up in the air while looking about. Her hues tackled over the tree lines, the shrubs, and even briefly the sky as if a wolf could fall out of it. So, she turned in one circle, two circles, using her ears during her moments of still, and when she had not yet picked up on something, she stayed in spot. Not a pretty sit to wait, no! Stand. She stood, keeping that smile across her maw and those wide doll-like eyes. Waiting for him in a quiet patience. 

@Sutekh