Redsand Canyon you were baptized in ice [m]

Her focus was on him. He was comforting, and he was safe. In a way, she understood him in a way she did not the others… even friendlier faces like Towhee did not compare. She simply felt… close to him and she didn’t know if that scared her even more or brought her a sense of security.
 
He was stunned for a few moments, and she looked up at him almost hesitant, as if she had said something wrong or upset him in some way. Instead, he drew a long breathe and she prepared herself for the worst. It was a spar. She had signed herself up for it. She had quite literally sought Glaukos out and he had answered… perhaps he had a right to do what he wanted in his moment of victory.
 
No. She knew that was her father’s voice lingering in the back of her head and she shuddered softly, still trying to hold in the majority of the emotions that were quaking through her body when he assured her that she was safe. She wasn’t sure if he meant there, with him, or with Mereo. She whined softly again at the mention of informing Germanicus and Ruenna. She did not want to see the looks of disappointment on their features. She had been doing well in her training, but she was almost certain that this would count as a mark against in her in some way.
 
Or perhaps that was her paranoia and trust issues speaking in the back of her mind. She couldn’t be sure.
 
“Can we just stay here?” She asked softly, finally managing to voice something. She’d been given no reason to believe that anyone would be mad at her for how the events took place… but it was screaming in the back of her head, as if she had failed. “I… I kicked him there…” She stated again… like she needed him to know that she had defended herself which was more than she would have done a month ago had such a situation arisen. “I just ran… he was crumpled over and I ran. I think he was mad.”