09-25-2021, 09:10 PM
MAURTIA
There is no hesitation in Maurtia as she moves to follow him - caught up in both the excitement of what he might share and that which comes from making a new friend. She’s explored some of the islands here with her sisters but it is different being guided by someone else. Her long tail trails behind her, picking up various leaves and one disgruntled beetle that has only just managed to dislodge itself from her hair when she stops beside Enoch, peering into the cavern that he’s paused before.
Her ears twitch at the sounds that come from it. Her explorations had been exclusively above ground and one rather tragic and extremely short attempt to swim with her head under water.
And sure, she knew her mom could turn her into something that was aquatic but that took the fun out of trying for herself.
She is momentarily distracted by the movement of his whiskers, forgetting entirely the cavern and that there may be a destination on the other side of it. Her white gaze flicks upwards to his eyes at his question and after a brief flash of a smile her face folds into a frown of concentration.
Maybe the question doesn’t require that much thought but she feels like it might be important.
“Ummmm first. No, last.” She nods to herself but in the next moment, before either of them can move, she steps forward with a shout. “NO! First.” And this feels right to her when she moves into the cavern - the glow of her white eyes becoming more apparent in the shadows. This decision continues to feel right up until the point where she is entirely in the dark and she stops dead in her tracks, turning her head as much as she can in the tight space to look at Enoch with her glowing stare. “Wait a minute, why did I go first if you’re the one showing me something?”
Her ears twitch at the sounds that come from it. Her explorations had been exclusively above ground and one rather tragic and extremely short attempt to swim with her head under water.
And sure, she knew her mom could turn her into something that was aquatic but that took the fun out of trying for herself.
She is momentarily distracted by the movement of his whiskers, forgetting entirely the cavern and that there may be a destination on the other side of it. Her white gaze flicks upwards to his eyes at his question and after a brief flash of a smile her face folds into a frown of concentration.
Maybe the question doesn’t require that much thought but she feels like it might be important.
“Ummmm first. No, last.” She nods to herself but in the next moment, before either of them can move, she steps forward with a shout. “NO! First.” And this feels right to her when she moves into the cavern - the glow of her white eyes becoming more apparent in the shadows. This decision continues to feel right up until the point where she is entirely in the dark and she stops dead in her tracks, turning her head as much as she can in the tight space to look at Enoch with her glowing stare. “Wait a minute, why did I go first if you’re the one showing me something?”
@Enoch