Moonspear cosmos, free beat

set in the den, so beeeebs @Korei Julia @Alya @Lyra @Hydra (+anyone cautious enough to not invoke her wrath)

In time, exhaustion had set in so she slept through all she was able. Stirring pups brought her awareness back around when necessary, but in their simplicity granted by being so very young, she was able to keep things mild enough to let her have her rest until she earnestly felt like participating in the realm of the living. Which, that took a while, and she found herself adrift in the haze of a strange new routine that revolved around the puppies in the meantime.

She had Charon bring her meals, so outings were painfully quick -- to the creek then back again, usually when she was just too thirsty to ignore it any longer and in desperate need of stretching her legs. She just didn't like being away from them for long so it was not easy. They fussed when she did, anyway, and they were still too fragile while she was still learning exactly how to do this herself. It was a new venture but at least she was good at learning on her feet.

Now was no different as she quickly ducked out of the afternoon sun past the threshold of the den, with her chin still wet from the cool creekwater she'd hastily gulped. As soon as she reached them, she nosed and licked the pups, fully prepared for soothing whoever had noticed her brief absence first. She had already learned that for little bits lacking most of their senses, they were surprisingly aware sometimes, even when she tried to sneak away from them when they were sleeping..