It takes her a few more minutes, eyes squeezed shut, but she finally moves, human half lurching forward slightly and putting her weight on her hands to lever her body up enough to straighten out her forelegs, knees bleeding slightly from light scratches and still trembling.
But she does have to get up, she knows she does. Gonta can't just sling her over his back like he had after their run in with the wolves-
Was that... weeks ago now?]
Okay-
[She scrabbles, tries to actually get some strength into her body, lock her knees- but then the next wave of traffic rushes by, and her knees give out and she's back on the damned street again, biting her lip.]
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It takes her a few more minutes, eyes squeezed shut, but she finally moves, human half lurching forward slightly and putting her weight on her hands to lever her body up enough to straighten out her forelegs, knees bleeding slightly from light scratches and still trembling.
But she does have to get up, she knows she does. Gonta can't just sling her over his back like he had after their run in with the wolves-
Was that... weeks ago now?]
Okay-
[She scrabbles, tries to actually get some strength into her body, lock her knees- but then the next wave of traffic rushes by, and her knees give out and she's back on the damned street again, biting her lip.]
I'll get it next time, I promise-
[Just don't leave-]