Walrus had never gone this far west, nor had she ever attempted to scale a mountain before. It was exhilarating, while also reminding her of the limitations she was accepting if she wished for a healthy pregnancy. Given the way @Adelard had acted and spoken, she did not expect to be allowed to stay within the Chasm for much longer. If she did not want to lose the whelps before she could even birth them into the world, Walrus knew that she would not be able to exert herself like this.
It made the climb a little bittersweet, but the women reassured herself that she would be back on her paws and returned to familiar ways before she knew it, with her toddlers along for the ride.
She paused in her ascent a moment to regard the peak's point still far out of reach. Clouded breaths pushed from her nostrils.