Sunbeam Lair I carry the weight on my back

She didn’t know how long she slept there. Even exhausted, however, instincts wouldn’t let her ignore someone approaching. When the stranger spoke she woke with a start, automatically tucking defensively as her ears flicked up to determine where he was.

Fine. She responded tersely, though her voice was hoarser than she wanted it to be. Fennec swallowed, biting back a defensive growl. He hadn’t started anything, maybe now wasn’t the time to get into anything she couldn’t finish.

This cave. It’s near the canyons, right? If it just happened to be similar… she didn’t honestly know what she’d do. Give up? Never. But she might just punt something off the mountain. Probably something smaller than this guy.

She couldn’t hide the hope in her voice. She was so tired of wandering in circles.