Shadewood ipiktusuktuk ✺

too many things had delayed her. first the birth of the children, and then a sudden illness that had confined her to the den. in dismay she realized it had been several weeks since she pledged she would leave. though still weak, the girl forced herself upright.

out of fear for the new pups, she had not gone to visit the warrior minori, nor seen again the children brought forth by the snowy one. and while she ached somewhat to stay, to see them grow, the keep was not a place for her. kukutux felt she had earned taking her furs, however, however many she could carry, and slowly wrapped meat in one of them, pausing often.

she needed to leave — now, lest this place hold more tightly onto her, a creeper choking a nearby tree. and so kukutux continued her packing, hoping fervently that @Cry would not come upon her, but knowing by some stroke of spirit-luck that he would all the same.