Neela dozed gently, her nose pressed into her thigh and tail wrapped around her head. Neela was currently situated in a hollow between several bushes near the lake which she had claimed as a sleeping area while she was staying at the festival. The barrel which housed her trading supplies - mostly whiskey and a few furs by this point - was placed blocking the largest of the gaps left by the bushes, giving the collie some cover from the wind.
Combine that with a very comfy bear fur that had been spread across the ground and all in all Neela had a rather cosy sleeping place, well suited to sleeping off the last nights whiskey. With the majority of her trading done Neela had become somewhat nocturnal recently, preferring to be awake more for the festivities that occurred after the sun had set and the fires were lit than the trading during the day The collie didn't find herself overly bothered by this reversal of her sleep pattern; long journeys on the Meria had taught her to adapt when situations required her to sleep abnormally.
Noises outside, footsteps and the voices of strangers, drew Neela from her sleep, the collie hybrid's ears twitching irritably as she emerged into the land of the living and gazed around her makeshift shelter; the low light breaking through the leaves indicating that it was around evening. Grumbling lowly to herself Neela yawned, a long action which displayed the rows of small but sharp teeth sitting in her mouth, and then stuck her head out through the leaves.
Neela likely appeared rather odd, a head and nothing else sticking out of the bushes but at the moment she didn’t care. Instead she was taken up with gazing around at the scenery. Several canines of varying breeds and sizes were spread around the shore of the lake a few metres away and Neela gazed over curiously, looking to see if there was anybody she recognised.
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