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The crunch of the snow was light and the sound of her breath fairly heavy in her mind while she hiked across the Zena snow hoping not to fall through the softer patches of snow that hid drops and other unpleasant surprises. It was Telwren’s agitation that made her start looking around in time to see a shadow whisk across the snow and disappear for a moment while she looked skyward hoping to determine what it was. She wasn’t certain until a vocal call echoed around her a moment later. A raptrix! Shocked Mella looked for cover quickly. All around her was the endless cascade of white. The shadow came back and there was no doubt of what it was this time as it lowered down circling her. Dumping Telwren from her sash she figured that at least he might get away if it charged her.

Telwren did not seem to appreciate getting dumped but stayed quite at least following the shadow and sticking close to Mella. Unwrapping her blanket she shook it out and also took out a few of her clay jars. Mella might not be a fighter by nature but she was certain that she was going to survive this and get someplace safe soon! When the Raptrix looked like it was going to swoop down she shook her blanket at it make it reconsider not certain what she was up to. When it got close enough she also heaved a few clay jars at it. One of them struck the beast in it’s neck and it snarled changing course once more. Mella continued this pattern hoping for it never to get close enough that she would have to pull her knife. After a bit of convincing in much the same manner the raptrix decided Mella and Telwren were not worth its time and took off in search of easier prey. Mella had to hunt to find the jars she tossed and while she lost a good number of colors for her paints was alive and that was enough. Now to head to a settlement and get some rest in safety!


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