Blacktail Deer Plateau Poppied Up

Pema's instructions were followed without word, the girl resting back on her haunches, shoulders hunched and gaze riveted to the ground before her. Her forelimbs were drawn together, her tail still curled tightly around her backside. She was motionless, waiting, for what she did not know. Her gaze moved once to the woman, staying on her for a moment before slipping back to the ground, tracing the outlines of a weed half poking through the snow.