09-15-2018, 01:52 AM
Nimeda's forgetfulness was not upsetting. Mara only shrugged, believing that her friend would snatch the thoughts that trickled like water through her hands eventually. In the meantime, the solitary black fuzz was frozen in place. Mara's shushing seemed to tame it somewhat. It was soon nuzzling her knee.
She tried to share the little creature with Nimeda, nudging it to go to her. "Yes, they bite, especially when hungry. They're mostly well fed and content, now. You're not easy prey either," she warned Nimeda, but Mara kept a hand buried in the fuzz of its back all the while. There was a skeletal body beneath the darkness that tensed with every step. But Mara's continued shushing kept it from snapping at their hands. For now.
She tried to share the little creature with Nimeda, nudging it to go to her. "Yes, they bite, especially when hungry. They're mostly well fed and content, now. You're not easy prey either," she warned Nimeda, but Mara kept a hand buried in the fuzz of its back all the while. There was a skeletal body beneath the darkness that tensed with every step. But Mara's continued shushing kept it from snapping at their hands. For now.