Sunbeam Lair I carry the weight on my back

she is maybe trespassing? Feel free to handle however! Figured this could be a fun spot to toss her ^^

If she could just find a single goddamn landmark…

Fennec was exhausted. She’d been trying for weeks to get back home, but at this point she was so turned around she wasn’t sure which way home even was. Had she gone too far south? Too far east?

This was the third mountain range she’d hit. They all felt the same. She’d picked the trail she was on praying to whatever forces might still look kindly on her that it wasn’t a dead end. She didn’t think she could manage a climb back down. Already the only thing driving her was mechanical doggedness.

She’d survived this long. Skill, tricks she’d picked up over the years, and quite a bit of luck had kept her going. But she hadn’t encountered anyone and at this point she wasn’t sure she’d ever make it back.

Then she realized she’d hit level ground. There was a ledge beneath her feet. Should she be climbing in this state? Probably not. But that last bit… the turns were familiar. If there was a cave here then she knew where she was.

Fennec could have cried when the stone turned cooler beneath her feet, the familiar scent of vegetation meeting her nose. Instead she stumbled inside and collapsed just within the entrance, asleep almost before she’d even hit the stone.

She’d been too relieved, too tired, and too overwhelmed to notice any signs of occupation. If someone else was occupying the space then Fennec had no clue.