Broken Antler Fen roseblack

"deal," the girl chirped back. moving to where bridget had indicated, teya reared foxlike, striking her paws against the ice. with a grudging eventuality, it gave way, and she chipped away at the edges.
when teya tired, she fell back to allow the cardinal her own efforts, and then crouched beside it with switching tail.
"i let you go first. this you need," she teased with a ribald laugh, inching back to give her companion space.