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"You're right... Oniria, you're very smart... Keep these words of wisdom close to your heart and they'll take you far..." she blinked, looking up to him her dark muzzle buried in his ivory fur. ❝ ...ya really think so? ❞ she inquired, ears perking. She felt him first, and looked behind her - she'd never felt such a thing.

She had piled together with her siblings for warmth from the cold air but that was...different than this. That was to survive. This made her feel good inside too, it made her heart swell and it was...homey. The girl stared at his tail that wrapped around her in a warm embrace for a long moment, subconsciously letting herself press in closer pushing more of her weight into his frame.

"You're right... Reign would want me to focus on what's here...She'll come back I'm sure of it..." Reign. His family. She wasn't his family, but...why did she feel like she was? Even more so than the ones she was actually related to. ❝ Has she ever done this before? Gone away? ❞ she wondered suddenly, trying to take her mind off of the things that wore heavy on her young heart.

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