Chapter 156 - One Tumbling Step Back, Three Angry Zigzags Forward

I walked away from Crystalline Spa with my chin high and my shoulders squared. However, my hands shook as I shifted the shopping bags and after a minute of aimlessness down the sidewalk, I had to stop moving entirely - because while I was 'here' I was still doing the same thing as in the forest.

> I need somewhere dark and safe where I can think. Don't believe there are too many caves just waiting in the city for me. <

Vrika whined softly in agreement, sending impressions of curling up somewhere protected and licking wounds until the hurt passed. It might not feel the exact same emotional complexities as I do over everything, but it didn't like hearing what it did.