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The hustle and bustle of the festival was enough to overwhelm even the hardiest of people, the most seasoned of traders and Jace was far from an experienced trader, in fact she had little knowledge of it at all. And so eventually after several brushes with confrontation from rude crowds-people who assumed it was okay to shove the smaller female out of the way rather than ask politely, which they sorely regretted once they had done, Jace retreated away from the noise and visual excitements after seeking and finding Neela she informed her of where she was heading and then set off.
Immediately Jace regained some of her inner peace just beyond the Festival's borders and felt the high strung tension leave her body. The afternoon was warm, hinting at the summer that was quickly approaching and without the eager shouting of buyers and sellers she could hear the soft chirping of the resident avian life. Trills and cheeps and warbles, all kinds of sounds as she walked slowly through the forested surroundings. Flowers were in spectacular bloom and showed an amazing array of colors to her eyes, a magnificence that was entrancing
Heavy breathing alerted her that she was no longer alone and using her senses, she pinpointed a section of activity and realised with small despair that ahead of her a bear was padding his way through the forest in the same manner than she was. Wishing to avoid another confrontation and a possible fight with the creature Jace took to the nearest tree, a towering oak and climbed until she was high among the newly leafed branches and well out of sight. With a sigh of relief Jace lost herself to the wanderings of her mind, safe in her tree away from the world and slowly drifted into a light daze, warmed by the sun's rays and cooled by a slight breeze, she was experiencing perfection at that moment.
Some time later, she wasn't sure how long exactly she was woken by the leaves rustling more than they had before and found the wind had picked up a little. Her treetop perch now swung more than she was comfortable with so she began her decent back down the tree's large trunk. It was as she was dropping from the last branch that she realised she was not alone, a lupus bound wolf sat below the tree she had used as temporary shelter. Fortunately she managed to avoid landing on the snowy female and had to jump a step backwards to avoid falling over from the momentum of her landing.
It took the barest fraction of a second for her to identify the unknown as one of her own, and she bobbed her head in greeting to the pup sitter. She blinked in surprise at this coincidence of fate that they should both be at this same place at this same time with the odds so against it, still she offered a welcoming smile,
Namaste Pup-sitter. Odd to meet you so far away from home.
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