Altar of Fire stay with me

For Reverie and Lillia! RE: You catch a glimpse of a rare albino deer!

Don't you dare look out your window, darling, everything's on fire

She should have come to expect this… that he would find cold feet and run from the life he was partially responsible for bringing into the world… her stomach churned the more she thought of it, a dark mood washing over her as it had over their several day travel with Reverie to bring her to the other side of the mountain. Soph did not like remaining in one place for long… and that meant she was to get out and explore a bit, daughter and Lillia in tow now that she was old enough to move more liberally through the environment.

She offered Lillia a gentle bump with her forehead, taking pause as her limbs ached and she moved to stretch them out, a yawn releasing silently from her maw. It was when her eyes fully opened that they widened, nearly popping out of her skull as she looked on… a deer of pure white stood before them, chewing, having not scented them yet… with the three of them, and Reverie as young as she was, Lillia knew they would not be able to hunt it.

With it’s odd coloring, she wasn’t sure that they should… while being downwind did provide to her that the scent did not indicate an illness, she had never seen anything like it and thus did not know what to make of it.

Vili had left, but that was of no consequence, really. Lillia had not gotten attached to the dark male, but she had also not procreated with him, so it did have her a little worried about the little lady's feelings on the subject.

Lillia wasn't going anywhere, though. Lillia would not back out. She hoped her two charges knew that.

They'd crossed the mountain without incident, and now moved through a knoll of tall grass and hills. It wasn't a terrible place, and Lillia liked the travel, but she did have to admit that her legs had begun to ache with how long they'd been walking. She wondered how Reverie was feeling, how her silent companion was feeling, if Lillia was experiencing strain from the trip.

A soft rumble started in her throat when her friend bumped her, affectionate. It was only after the smaller wolf froze that Lillia looked up, her ears angling toward the strange creature in front of them.

She remained quiet, not wanting to spook it. Glancing over toward the smaller woman, Lillia tipped her head to the side, wondering wordlessly what they should do.

If Reverie cared about any absence, she did not show it. Tight-lipped and still without words in their voice. She was merely content to only bumble about after either adult figure in her life. Content to chew on new things, wade through waterways they crossed. Life went on. Reverie grew through the changes.

She might have missed one of these grand new things if her mother's own surprise not drawn their attention to it.

Sage eyes blinked as she stood deathly still. Neither crouching to hide herself nor making a move upon the beast. Pale-furred unlike anything she had ever seen before. Winter itself given mortal form.

Reverie had not realized that her fur had begun to raise, standing on edge. Excited, mesmerized, enchanted.