[open] To Be Alone Or Not?

[Aela]

She's come to learn enough about Gale to expect the unexpected.

Her empathic abilities are nearly sapped by the time that the last vestiges of comfort leaves her. She will have to draw her emotions - or perhaps some from her brother or Nerica - to cast more out. But the brindled stallion launches himself at her and Aela spins, snaking her lovely neck towards the ground and sends her hindlegs kicking out at the creature.

There are gouges along her back - and some on her legs - but none are deep enough to seriously injure her. It's something that even a simple healer like Obscene should be able to handle.

But her sides heave after the exertion of it all, and she moves a little slower than she had done before meeting Nerica. Lifting her head, the slender palomino glances back at the blue roan. Her feelings should have returned by now, and Aela hopes she's reeling.

It was a fitting introduction to Beqanna, she thinks.

"You should find a safe place to rest," Aela tells her, realizing that they had never mentioned the kingdom that Gale ruled. "Tephra is to the West. You'd be welcome there."

@Nerica