Ocean's Breath Plateau ice plant

all good x2 u both <3

"pwah! do not look so serious, foreshaft," chakliux boasted, but the fever was bright in his eyes, and he pushed his forehead against that of the panther for a tight, rough moment of understanding and perhaps even a desperate relief to see dutch. "i will not joke again, for i do not intend to be dead!" and now his laughter sounded, lowly this time.
"marina and tullik have tended me well, though i hate to be bound to the lodge. and not able to hardly lift my children!" he groused.
pain lanced along his leg. he held it up defiantly. "nothing about my own flesh will defeat me," he joked, though it was not a joke and his gaze flashed with determination.