Moonspear Are there mountains that surround us?

immediately after this

I didn't think Liffey would follow but if I'm wrong this is open to anyone <3!

Gannet sprinted, and to his credit, made it an admirable distance before missing a step. As he ran, his right hind leg would every few strides skip some beats, staying airborn while the others made up the difference. During one of these, however, it landed back down, and he felt the leg give out with a sort of dread.

Immediately he was sent tumbling, falling heavily on his side and slamming his shoulder and face into the dirt. He tasted blood and stayed down, curling in on himself, not trusting his legs to hold him and not wanting to even try to get up. Bitter disappointment and the shame of his own flight kept him in place, paralyzed, as he shook with the adrenaline of the fall and the ache of the conversation he'd just had.