Firestone Hot Springs Battered but not Broken

Instead of joing her, Nishu tells her he is going to take a look around. Guilt claws at her as she calls out, "Wait!" She drags herself out of the water, wincing at the cold. "I'm sorry, please stay with me." Stepping in his path she tries to explain, "I didn't mean to snap at you." She folds her ears back. 'I just....th- there are," she stutters. "Sometimes there are small things that bring up certain painful memories." Rain sits with a sigh continuing, "I try to keep them burried, but once they surface it has a negative affect on me and I can't control it." Turning her head from him she whispers, "I'm ashamed that you had noticed it. It makes me seem weak."

Rain drops her head down, shaking from the water that has gone cold on her fur. "Forgive me for being so weak. It wasn't you that caused my silence. If I was just stronger..." This is a side of her that she has never shown to anyone. She wonders what makes Nishu so different. Why is she telling him all this, why is she showing him her weakness? Usually, she would have let him walk off without saying a word. She is a proud wolf, never did she act this way. "I wanted to ask you to come with me, to join the Sunspire..." That has been her intentions since her first attempt to help him escape the Sound pack. But will he want to now? After seeing this side of her?