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@Melchior was gone again.

Nymeria was bitter.

She wanted to be sent out on missions.

The young girl stormed her way through the Roots, fur laden with bits of soil, bark and blood. She had taken apart one of their most recent kills, curious of it's innards and wondering if she might be able to use them for something, anything. Nymeria recalled the woman she met briefly in her early months who spoke of spells and incantations and she lusted for them.

"Morty!" The little witch called through the Roots, voice high and demanding. She wanted importance. ^^

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 He was never very far from her call.

 Stepping out from the rectangular threshold, the Harbinger blinked down at his sister, ears flicking at her dishevled state.

 “Little Nym, what have you been up to?” Coming right over and bending to tease a bit of debris from between her ears, front teeth chittering gently along the crown of her head.

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He came to her as he oft did, never truly leaving her long without his answering approach.

Nymeria ignored his words entirely, subconsciously leaning into his cleaning touch. "I want to go on an adventure, too," the young girl demanded as she tilted her chin, fixing her strange stare upon her brother. "Melly gets to go," it was an accursatory tone that she took, pouting as she jut her chin out to her older brother. ^^

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 “Melchior is much older and larger than you now. I needed him to go North.” Explaining his reasoning with respectful candor.

 “But I needed you to stay here. Who else will watch over the Roots with the same ferocity? Besides, who says we can’t have our own adventure?” Pausing his tender ministrations to look down at her, violet eyes glittering with sparsely allowed mischief.

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She frowned, pouted and glared at him. Melchior was older! Larger! She huffed, loudly and purposefully. "That's poor reasoning," Nymeria huffed though it lacked truth; the logic was sound. She didn't need to like it though.

Nymeria was easily swayed by her older brothers compliments, falling easily into his manipulation. Beneath his words she preened, he was right; she was ferocious. "Our own adventure?" Nymeria echoed as she eyed him, tilting her chin. "Tell me more," the little witch egged, curious. ^^

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 “I’d like to take a short trip to scout the western coast and islands.” His muzzle angled in the direction, following the waning sun.

 “Would you like to see the ocean, Nym?”

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The ocean?

Her nose twitched as she glanced to where he pointed and she nodded happily, "yes." She slapped her paws upon the earth with delight, "maybe there we can fish some bones from the ocean, Morty." Nymeria cooed as she looked back up at him, "when can we go?" ^^

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 “Oh, I’m sure there is no shortage of treasures to be found upon the shores.” He replied, tail wagging, sharing in her excitement and delight.

 Then, all at once he bounced forward, bowing at her with a yip before trotting down the path that lead away from the Roots and the confines for their temperate forest. “No time like the present, Nym.” The words thrown over his shoulder as he broke out into a gentle lope.

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did we want a present dated thread for wherever they will be, scouting? ;O;

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Her tail flagged as he bowed, yipping, and Nymeria's glistening silver gaze would brighten considerably at her big brother. He returned to his mammoth height and turned, starting away from her and throwing his words over his shoulders.

Now?

This present?

The little witch would scamper forward and after him, biting at his ankles as she cheered. ^^

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