
04-18-2011, 09:07 AM
The woods were so quiet. Naomi knew that was a sign; it always was. But she wouldn't know until whatever that was going to happen did, and she hated it. It was one of the few things that actually got underneath her skin, and she worked it off like she always did, by making sure everything in her domain was in order. Sometimes, when she was particularly conceited, she liked to think of herself as the queen of the forest, and that all the animals were her subjects. It had been a comforting fantasy when she was little and her family had just died, and she still resorted to it sometimes to comfort herself.
So she walked throughout her home, stopping here and there to eat a few berries, or to look at some of the flowers blooming in the sparse patches of sunshine. After some time she made her way near the edge of the forest, just far enough to see the light beyond the trees, but not any further, She knew that savage people lived out there, and had no desire to be reunited with her own race. So she walked along the edge, quite content in her soft fur cloak and leather clothes, She was rather proud of how far her sewing skills had come, especially after her old friend's last needle has bent beyond repair the winter before. It had taken her months to whittle a piece of bone down far enough to make a decent replacement, and her clothes were the first ones she had made since.
She grins as she sees a large hare bound in front of her, but she frowns as its ears perk up and it sniffs the air. In a heartbeat, it disappears, and she wonders what had it scared so badly. After a moment, she hears labored breathing and heavy footsteps, and she panics herself, turning to hide behind a gnarled old cedar, peeking around to see who would venture this far into her home.
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