the gods envy us

Editing and fading

With her meal finished, Paarthurnax set about cleaning her bloodied paws. Her salmon-pink tongue swept across the alabaster fur of her lower limbs, ridding the vivid vermilion hue, before she rose her head and gazed in the direction of her sable companion.

Farkas reclined nearby, his sapphire eyes focused on something distant. With curiosity the bi-coloured healer followed his gaze and looked briefly in the direction of the mountains beyond their land, the pale blue morning sky dappled with non-threatening pale clouds. Paar turned back to her pack-mate then, wondering just what out there had caught his attention, but opted not to pursue further conversation. She gathered herself then, shook out her sleek pelt, and with a polite dip of her crown she moved off to begin her duties elsewhere.