Ouroboros Spine glory

a rendezvous den brought her to mind of her own home, of brecheliant and its dark places and sunny sides. chickadee missed it, suddenly, fervently, and swallowed hard. okay, so her first adventure outside home had failed spectacularly, but that didn't mean this one had to fail.
sending a prayer up for ani and adding one for antigone, chickadee ducked into the den, embracing the rich fragrance of the elegant moss and closing her eyes for a moment at the comfort provided by the closeness.
"it's pretty," she said, turning a few times as her eyes danced up the trellising of ivy. "very homey."
maybe they'd find one close, though chickadee was weary anew at the idea of continuing any further, at least for today. their earlier conversation still hung perilous with intrigue, and after a moment's exploration of the stones along which the emerald carpet climbed, she found kivaluk with her eyes again, but what she wanted to ask escaped her mind easily.