OOC here.
Word Count → 320
Several hours later - Near the festival
Neela kept a sedate pace as she wandered through the trees, brown furred arms holding her precious package to her chest, nestling the small puppy against her fluffy chest fur. Getting Dalgina off of the boat once they ahd docked had been interesting but not too difficult, climbing on and off a boat one handed was a basic skill for a sailor, and from there they had travelled as the crow flies. In order to both speed the trip up and save Dalgina's energy for when they arrived.
Dalgina had fallen asleep soon after, the puppy having gotten herself excited and tired during the boat ride. Walking along with the sleeping puppy resting against her chest was oddly comfortable and old maternal instincts were reawakening within Neela. Dalgina was cute, happy and overall enjoyable to be around. It was almost enough to make Neela want pups of her own again, but…
Down that path of thoughts lay a dangerous road and Neela was glad when a glow in the distance distracted her from those thoughts. The sun had finished its descent during the walk from the boat but the festival was still going strong, large fires casting a strong orange glow on the surrounding forest. If Neela listened closely she could just about here the voices of the festival-goers.
Gently Neela leaned her head down and licked Dalgina between the ears, softly but just hard enough to hopefully wake the puppy up. "Dalgina, wake up sweetie. Look, we're nearly there" Neela tightened the grip of her right arm and freed her left to indicate the orange glow spreading throughout the trees before returning both arms to their previous positions.
