“Tomorrow we will search on foot. We will be able to see more from below.”
Jessie finally turned to him, from where she had been poking at the embers of their fire. “You hate walking.” Her voice was hollow.
Kael snorted, “I do not hate it, I find it slow and inefficient. However in this case it will be the best way to track the survivors. We will be able to see more.” He repeated, his tail flicking in annoyance.
“Blessed Gods, there will not be anyone I know in that group in all likelihood.” Jessie flopped down on her back, staring at the stars through the tree covered canopy.
“The odds are against you.” Kael agreed, shifting, a grimace on his face. “I believe I will go sleep in that tree. The ground does not agree with me.” Lithely standing, Kael paced over to a large tree and climbed up it’s length and perched on a high branch.
“You’d think you were a cat… or a bird with the way you cling to your branches.”
Kael flashed his fangs and made himself comfortable. “We will go at first light. You are a soldier you should be able to defend yourself should anything stumble across you in the night. And I am a short fall away.”
Jessie stared up into Kael’s glowing amber eyes and before she realized it sleep had enfolded her in it’s arms.
Jessie cried out as something hard kicked her in her side, awakening. What she saw was a ring of men standing around her, bows and swords drawn and at the ready.
“Well, Hells.”
Jessie finally turned to him, from where she had been poking at the embers of their fire. “You hate walking.” Her voice was hollow.
Kael snorted, “I do not hate it, I find it slow and inefficient. However in this case it will be the best way to track the survivors. We will be able to see more.” He repeated, his tail flicking in annoyance.
“Blessed Gods, there will not be anyone I know in that group in all likelihood.” Jessie flopped down on her back, staring at the stars through the tree covered canopy.
“The odds are against you.” Kael agreed, shifting, a grimace on his face. “I believe I will go sleep in that tree. The ground does not agree with me.” Lithely standing, Kael paced over to a large tree and climbed up it’s length and perched on a high branch.
“You’d think you were a cat… or a bird with the way you cling to your branches.”
Kael flashed his fangs and made himself comfortable. “We will go at first light. You are a soldier you should be able to defend yourself should anything stumble across you in the night. And I am a short fall away.”
Jessie stared up into Kael’s glowing amber eyes and before she realized it sleep had enfolded her in it’s arms.
Jessie cried out as something hard kicked her in her side, awakening. What she saw was a ring of men standing around her, bows and swords drawn and at the ready.
“Well, Hells.”
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