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 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:22 pm
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Huoxin had stuck near her mate, though life had been rather rough lately. She felt the fat along her body disappear, a lean form only growing leaner in this trying times. She had begun to limit her personal training, knowing better than to over exert herself when the source of food was thinner than it had been in a long time.
Still, she had done her best to keep herself alert. She knew better than to let herself relax too much. Everything seemed just off enough that she was scared a ghost was going to come out of the sand and startle them all into the sandstorm. A silly little night time story, perhaps, but hunger and worry nipped at her mind.
"Mmmm, Huolong," she said with a smile, approaching him. "Do you think if you stare into it long enough, it will run away from your rugged good looks?" she added with a laugh. |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:33 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:49 pm
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The lioness smiled warmly. Her mate was so kind, so true, and she rather liked that about him. She offered him a quick nuzzle of reassurance before continuing to speak. "Well, maybe if you try hard enough, it will finally lament to your strong will. There is a reason I've always been proud of you."
She sat down then, her own eyes looking out towards the fuzzy horizon. It was so eerie, really, but she tried to not dwell on it for too long. "...even with my fear of water, at times I wonder if rain would somehow....wash it away." It didn't seem likely, and the air was feeling rather dry. A fruitless wish.
"At least....Huolongmai isn't having to deal with this. I hope their excursion has gone well." They weren't really high up enough to hear if there were any reports being sent back through the avians, so she only wished for the best for their daughter that had decided to brave the outside lands.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:17 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:56 pm
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"I hope she took my warnings about water seriously," Huoxin said with a sigh. She was half joking, and half serious. She was rather blessed in the fact that it hadn't decided to pour water instead of sand in the sky, or her heart may not have made it.
"Do you really believe them? The hunting party, I mean." She had seen a few odd things, and heard of others, but...it was hard to really believe some things that she didn't see herself. "I don't really know any of them well that went...did you?" Huoxin wasn't the most social of Firekin, and she had decided to focus on being a mother and training herself. She needed more successful duels behind her if she wanted to obtain the rank of battlemaster, but she'd get there!
"Though, I don't know....if Huolongmai comes home with some fantastical stories like that, maybe I do need to find something other than my own paws to believe in."
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:55 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:17 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:25 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:31 pm
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Huoxin laughed, throwing her head back in joy. "Perhaps I just hide it better, then! I've had to limit any training due to the scarcity of food, but I am doing what I can to keep the morale up. The nights are harder, with the echoes of hunger. Being with you makes the pain all the easier to bear, my sweet love."
She stood up, trotting over to his side and giving him a little smack with her hip. "Well, we can go for a real walk, away from this silly sandstorm. See if the water-seekers have had any luck. What I wouldn't give for a real good drink right now. C'mon, let's go!"
She leaped ahead of him, certain that he would catch up to her in a matter of paces, and they could enjoy the rest of their day together, free from the burdens of expectations.
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