Emberflame Ridge You carry my fears as the heavens set fire

"As okay as I can be. I feel now the strangest pineneedles poking at my back legs. Isn't that wonderful?" She teased at her own issues with a sly smile and the quietest laugh. It was what it was and there would be no changing it as of the current present. What mattered more was moving forward, and for the distant mountains looming overhead, that would be the next challenge to overcome. Climbing that again, this time on legs that did not feel her own.

It was relief that was in her next breath. Maybe it would be easier with someone else there, and admittedly? There was a strange other reason that Nutuyikruk had chased down the girl. "That would be very appreciated. Please, come with me. They will be kind to you with my word in. There may be goat meat to fill your belly on your travel back to your home, too."

But even she did not know why she'd felt so..drawn. She did not want to see her new friend go yet, even if Nutu wasn't very good at keeping friends.