Shy Deer Steppes a wish for summer

sorry for the late response! in a thread chronologically preceding this one (26th february) diesel suffered severe facial trauma, but as i wrote my initial reply to this scene before that occurred, any mention of them is absent in her internal dialogue. going forward i will refer to them as if they were always present, and you can handle this retcon any way you want, including editing your reply to include this information! for reference, this is how she's supposed to look now (note the lower lip is naturally loose and not a wound, i marked it incorrectly);

the snapping of the twig was enough to get her head to swing upwards and turn to look behind her, thinking some prey animal had snuck past her incredible alertness, but the sudden movement only made her vision go dark before she could see it.

disoriented and thrown off-balance, the hulking dog stumbled sideways - towards the wiry little coyote, very likely to fall over them.