Porcupine Ridge but they're weird and they're wonderful

She did not stir much under his searching gaze, giving him one of her own in return. “It is nothing you can see, only feel. They ache at times. I will be alright once I rest—just for a little. The upwards hike might have stressed them more than I thought it would.” She stepped from him as they entered the glen, finding a shady spot at the base of a tree just off a bubbling creek. 

He seemed determined to continue on, his words hollow for her but filled with something else. Something of importance, maybe? She did not know, but acknowledged his words with a nod before settling down, stretching as she did so. “Tawodi will be able should you need his assistance, but he will keep an eye out for the both of us.” She gave Tawodi a whistle, clear and sharp, and his circles grew tighter above them.

“Oh, and Athens…be careful.” She added, a little worry in her tone for the male she had just met, but found herself not wanting to lose just yet.