The Sentinels But you know I'm gonna play 'em for keeps

tags are for reference - you are welcome to join ofc! but this is aw as well <3

When @Wraen had first told Maia that @Arcturus was coming, she hadn't thought much of it.  She'd not gotten the opportunitity to really meet him, but since her big sister was excited about it, she was sure it would be a good time.  And it was!  Wraen was slow to travel, but that suited Maia's pace fine, and while she kept a subtle eye out to make sure she wasn't over-extending herself, she was glad too that they'd stopped here.  The trees gave respite from the heavy rains and the place was one her parents had told many stories about. It was cool to see it up close.

But she found herself, when they did stop, needing moments away to kinda... be.  It wasn't like the other two did anything to make it so, but Maia still couldn't help but feel a bit like a third wheel at the initial onset of their journey.  Part of it was the somber tone she'd left on, and the way her goodbyes had gone.  Another was, no matter how much she wanted it, she hadn't quite gotten to the 'happy to be traveling again' phase.  It was stupid and she didn't want her mood to affect theirs, especially since she hadn't had to stop traveling the way Wraen had.

It didn't feel good wishing that Arcturus hadn't come with.  Unfortunately, Maia wasn't the type to analyze why she might feel that way.  Instead she just tried to swallow it and move on.  The outcome of that was slightly over-cheerful presence when she was there and frequent escapes where she wasn't.

Right now she was on a mission of her own, trying to find some of the places that her dad had spoken of, back when his old pack was here.  The trees were huge and pretty much all the same, and it had been years between now and then.  There was a good chance it was all gone by now, but it was at least something to do.