Hideaway Strath The return

It didn't take long at all when Nyra came. She recognized her right away. Her friend, best friend, no-- Sister. She crawled closer to the other female when she approached. Arlette's tail was wagging a mile a minute. Whines coming from her throat between her panting. She was really pleased to see Nyra okay. There had been so many threats towards their family. She didn't expect the Saints or Nyra especially to be alive!!

"N-Nyra!," she croaked in excitement, staying low on the ground as she didn't feel confident her legs would support her after such a massive end sprint. She could only nod when the other exclaimed she was alive. She was! She was! She was so relieved to be home again. Arlette had a blank space in her memory though. "Kids-- not here?," she asked, deflating a little, slowly catching her breath. She took another breath.

She slowly pushed herself to a sitting position. "I-- I am glad... to be home?," she spoke then, though there was a question in her voice. Was she allowed to return to The Saints? She didn't want to assume. She couldn't really think about the fact that her children were not here...