Dragoncrest Cliffs mortality

While she wasn't normally a bully, she did enjoy sensing his hesitation. It gave her pride to know that her homelands made inland wolves quake with fear. Between the danger of the surf and the long, black tunnel that led through the earth, and as it twisted and wound its way down, the light fell away leaving nothing but darkness, smell and sound. Suzu licked her lips, flicking her ears back slightly in annoyance as she felt his breath at her flank. 

She could bolt and leave him behind, and perhaps he would turn around and go back...But her mother might hear, and be disappointed in her. Instead, she chose to be more like her mother- or more like the idea of her, anyway. 

She stopped and sniffed. "You cannot likely see it, as you are not from 'ere," She said, "But just ahead, dere be a landbridge. It is...A small, very narrow path but on either side of it, is a drop dat goes down into darkness no one has ever emerged from. I believe dere be water down dere, but we can only 'ear it at high tide and....it is not high tide." She informed him. "Wid babies, we get dem to 'old onto our tailtips an' we lead dem across. You t'ink you can follow me or do you need help?" She asked.