whoops a daisy

Bazi stared emptily at the approaching wolf, too tired and too traumatized to do anything except wait in the shade of the tree. It took a little longer for her to recognize Danica than it took the Glacier's Gamma to figure out who had come calling - and by that time, the first words had already been claimed.

"You know, when you told me to come here and not return, I somehow assumed that meant you wouldn't be following." Danica paused to survey the damage - lackluster fur and visible ribs; she had been lucky. "You look like shit."

The Bazi that had fallen into the pit would have taken great umbrage at the tone, the words, 'the very nerve! (huff puff)'. The one that crawled out of it said nothing. "Harsh," she mumbled dumbly. She regarded Danica for a long moment after that, struggling to pluck words from the now rather sparsely populated pool of choices.

"I missed you," Bazi eventually announced in the hoarse voice that screams had gifted her, blinking slowly at the sound of it.