Lieschel
She follows them from the Adoption Den. She feels a little awkward being with this new family when she had been in the Den for such a long time. She was approaching a year old now, all long legs and gangliness. She stays close to Nevi who does what he can to make her feel more at ease. But she cannot help her eyes roving from Isle to Offspring, both of which were keeping a close eye on their two charges.
Her heart felt happy and that longing in her chest was gone. She had a home now and that was great! So great! But now she felt that she had to be good and perfect in order for them to keep her. Nevi had said they weren't like that. Even now he was still filling her ears with stories, attempting to soothe her. He knew the fear in her eyes would fade, hadn't he lived it himself?
She knew he knew and that helped to soothe her a little more.
Her body loosens up a little, her shoulder bumping against his now and then. The walk from the Tundra was a long one, and she noticed that it got a little colder the farther they went. She wouldn't need her winter coat as it was still rather warm but she could tell the humidity was thicker. The air seemed like she was wading through it.
And then, they were there.
She stops for a moment, her legs unwilling to carry her any farther when she looks at the giant wall before her. She had seen it grow bigger and bigger but until now, when she was getting ready to walk through it...."Good. Ness." She says with a breath, her eyes wide and round as she looks at it.
They give her a moment and then she is following them through the wall, until the Tundra spreads out far before her and her heart starts to hammer in her chest. A smile curls her lips. "I've never had a home before. Do they all feel like this?" She says, legs moving faster so she can catch up to Isle and Offspring. Her brown eyes blinking up at them both. "Like my heart might burst from my chest?" Her eyes turning from them both to Nevi. "Is it Nevi? Is this happy?"
That awkward moment when you're laughing so hard but no noise comes out so you sit there clapping like a retarded seal.