Emberwood The river's just a river

Allllsss welcome! Arabella perhaps since I owe you a thread still?

Danica was searching. For what, she wasn't quite sure; after all, even with Tuwawi and Njal home she had plenty of options. Somehow she felt though that it was not for any individual, but something else. She knew that soon she would be departing despite her initial resolve to remain and assist Malachi with his transition. He seemed to be doing fine and honestly it just wasn't worth it anymore. Before she departed, though, she was resolved to follow up one last time on the hint of a chance she had stumbled across all those weeks ago... the trace of Larus on that woman's pelt. Her reasons weren't entirely unselfish, though. She also felt the need to get away from the Glacier.

She had allowed Bazi to stay, and to say that she was okay with the arrangement would be a lie. She knew that the white dove wouldn't have made it home in the condition she was in, so there had been little choice, but still a part of her had urged her to cast her out and let her feel the sting of it. Just as that same part of her reveled in the ivory woman's suffering. It was a part that Danica pushed aside, even after their confrontation on the ice. Those parting words still rung in her ears but rather than the effect she might have intended, Bazi's words only proved to fuel Danica's fire now that they had time to settle. A new, burning resolve to prove her wrong began, a desire to show that she could survive the harsh winter without any help aside from her own. She had always been independent to the point of bullheadedness, a fact illustrated by how far she had let wounds in the past go before seeking help (though that could also be attributed to her aversion towards medical care) and her now somewhat insane departure plans.

Instead of dwelling on the folly of her own stupid resolve, she threw herself into the task at hand, course set for the coast and the land where she had first encountered those strange wolves amongst the pillars.