Firestone Hot Springs Battered but not Broken

Rain bumps him with her nose as he suggest that she is the soft one. "Yes, because I am the one lying down." Nishu stands, continuing onward to the field. She keeps close to him, her side brushing with his. I should ask, she thinks. I want him to continue with me to the Sunspire.

Before she can build up the courage to ask, Nishu talks about how it was easy to stay with the brutal pack, much to her surprise. His explanation as to how he was treated like a pet confused her a bit. "What is a pet?" She doesn't like the thought of Ankyra treating him wrongly, and can only guess what being treated as a pet means. An image of them trying to attack him every day dances across her mind's eye.

The forest suddenly ends as they walk into a great open field, shadowed by the mountain. Squinting, she can spot the steam rising from Firestone. "There!" She exclaims. "That fog is the Hot Spring." With a final burst of energy, Rain lunges forward into a limping lope. Her muscles scream with each jolt of her paws against the ground, but she ignores it and grits her teeth together. She will worry about asking Nishu to come with her to the Sunspire when they are able to soak their wounds. Treating themselves is far more important.