Shadow Mountain [NaWoWriMo] house of cards

Sounds good!  :)  Glad you enjoyed RPing these two together too.  :D

Driftwood was, for his part, glad to have someone else's problems besides his own to focus on. He didn't quite understand the look Maegi gave him at his suggestion of finding a healer, but perhaps when they'd hightailed it away from here she could find it in herself to be a little more coherently forthcoming. His own brave smile offered in return to hers was a little crooked, but sincere. He nodded deeply and gravely as she mustered her courage and agreed in a small voice that she was ready to leave.

Driftwood bolstered her resolve with another couple of encouraging muzzle-nudges, herding her gently but firmly inland. I'm sure things will be much better after we leave here, he told her bracingly with a wag of his tail, adding more softly: Go on. He kept one eye on the ground before them and another on Maegi herself, unwilling to start relaxing too much himself until he saw some of her tension and fear leave her. They'd find someplace that didn't hold such terrible memories, nor any possibility of giant ghostly ninja crabs popping up out of nowhere. For Maegi's sake, of course.