Blacktail Deer Plateau You've been blessed your whole life

For a moment, everything was still. Saena felt most at home in these moments, perhaps as a result of her connection with nature. She was neglecting her Naturalist duties lately, but there would come time for that in the spring when new life was more important than providing meat for the pack or keeping tabs on the other wolves that shared the park with them. Nevertheless, she felt the tranquility of nature and natural phenomena like resonance in her soul, like a natural heartbeat alongside her physical one.

She breathed deeply, and then the moment was gone. The sound of paws crunching snow broke her reverie. Though reluctant to leave the moment behind, Saena turned obligingly and was glad and relieved to see it was Blue Willow. She didn't know what was said at the meeting after her departure, but after thinking on it more, she supposed it was impossible that no one had stood up for her. Surely, Blue Willow had.

"Hi, Aunt Willow," she said softly, waving her tail as she trotted nearer to the dark-furred healer. Saena thought nothing of the concern she might've caused; the deer had kicked her in the cheek, and so the force was distributed mostly along her jaw and cheekbone, which still smarted even this long after the fact. The concussion was minor because of that good fortune. "Sorry I've been away, I've been... uh, thinking a lot."