Moonspear there's a freedom that everyone deserves

hydra's thin muzzle peered over the rim. arcturus stared back, tail wagging playfully. her quip egged him on, and he pronked jokingly to the next stone, taking several minutes to get back on hydra's level.

brushing against her fondly the mountaineer continued his upward ascent. they would train uphill now, as they often did together -- two shadows melding as one, becoming stronger as they coursed up and down the mountain. it would be dusk before they quit their conditioning, but their energies would be spent and moods lifted.