Jigano did not believe the leopardess, and he didn't think Remi did either, but the pair of bigger beasts was able to sandwich Amalia between them and make their slow, careful way to the edge of the storms and finally out into clear air again. The lightning and thunder still raged behind them, but out here the wind was only the occasional gust to ruffle their fur.
Just as he tried to crane his nose down to inspect her burn, the baker became an owl, and Jigano snorted gently in reproof. Her wings would take her back faster and with less pain than any number of legs, however, and he nodded his large head in agreement that the Infirmary was their next stop. I don't think there was a way through that storm, he admitted reluctantly. So. To the east and west we are stopped. A different kind of barrier, but still a cage, for all its size. The south remained, but rumors had it just as harsh. They had to try, of course...
But not today.
Let's go give Vai a surprise, shall we? he said instead, shaking his mane out and stamping a hoof in encouragement to Remi and Amalia... and Ashetta, too, at least by default. He wasn't sure how to feel about her, but perhaps the journey back to the Settlement would give him some time to reflect on it.
He would walk slowly enough to let the others get ahead of him, dropping back gradually until he saw their eyes had focused forwards before he shifted back to his raven form and went to join Amalia on the wing, flying a little behind and below her in case the injury became too much and she needed a catch or a boost on the way back.
Just as he tried to crane his nose down to inspect her burn, the baker became an owl, and Jigano snorted gently in reproof. Her wings would take her back faster and with less pain than any number of legs, however, and he nodded his large head in agreement that the Infirmary was their next stop. I don't think there was a way through that storm, he admitted reluctantly. So. To the east and west we are stopped. A different kind of barrier, but still a cage, for all its size. The south remained, but rumors had it just as harsh. They had to try, of course...
But not today.
Let's go give Vai a surprise, shall we? he said instead, shaking his mane out and stamping a hoof in encouragement to Remi and Amalia... and Ashetta, too, at least by default. He wasn't sure how to feel about her, but perhaps the journey back to the Settlement would give him some time to reflect on it.
He would walk slowly enough to let the others get ahead of him, dropping back gradually until he saw their eyes had focused forwards before he shifted back to his raven form and went to join Amalia on the wing, flying a little behind and below her in case the injury became too much and she needed a catch or a boost on the way back.
