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Bend and not Break (Joining)
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[html]  This is such a cute thread. I couldn't resist. And welcome to 'Souls!
She adjusted the load that she was carrying a little bit better, then continued toward the mansion once more. Naniko hadn't thought that carrying the suit of armor back from Blackmoor Castle would be so difficult; it hadn't felt heavy in the beginning, just bulky. But now that she'd walked with it for quite a few miles, it was beginning to weigh her down. She had tried to carry it in many different ways, and had almost given up a few times when she'd had to go over some rougher terrain, but she had made the decision to keep going anyway. Haven had seemed really interested in this armor, and she knew that it would please him to have it there in the mansion to look at. It wasn't stealing, not really. No one owned those lands, so the stuff inside the castle didn't really "belong" to anyone. They had already taken the crown, too, earlier in the month. Haven had worn it home.
On her last visit there the night before Naniko had found another crown, but this one looked very different from the one that had fit her orange son. It was bigger, made for an adult, with more ornate decoration and in a slightly more sophisticated style. With her hands busy, the Commander hadn't had anywhere to put it but on her own head, where it sat comfortably between her pointed ears. She didn't know much about the stories that Anu had told their sons and daughters, only that the jewled object had once been worn by a leader in the human world.
She gave the suit of armor one final pull, then stopped to rest for a moment. The white wolf was nearly out of energy, and she wasn't sure what still needed to be done around the mansion before she retired into the cave for the day. A nice rest would do her some good. It was around that time that she saw the pair, two small figures that stood out amongst the snow and ice surrounding them. She could hear their voices, too; Naniko was surprised that she hadn't noticed them before. She watched their postures carefully; sure, both of them were pups...but that didn't mean that she wouldn't worry about Mati's safety. For now she was carefully quiet, sitting and observing her daughter and the new pup.
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