“Mount up human! What are you waiting for?”

“….”

“She’s…beautiful” Kathlin breathed after a good few seconds of Rithrynn’s comment meeting nothing with silence, and the girl continued to stare spellbound at the magnificent beast, all glossy white fur (albeit with several blood splatters still visible in her mane), silky soft and looking incredibly strokable. Approaching the tiger, Nisha turned to give her a bored stare before returning to looking for something to eat as Kathlin stroked her fur as if she was indeed, a very overgrown house cat. “Hello, Nisha. Who’s a gorgeous girl, hmm? Who—“

-SNATCH-

An impatient hand lunged down to grab the girl and yank her onto the large beast, sitting right behind Rithrynn. Taking a moment to process that she was actually riding the Nightsabre, the girls smile only increased when she did so, wrapping her arms around Rithrynn’s midriff to hold herself in the saddle as they paced slowly out of the gate. “Okay! Okay. Go left here”

“…did you see that cursed bird?”

“…No.” Kathlin admitted. The snow was still dense enough to make visibility difficult, and finding a white owl in a blizzard was a challenge all on its own. “…but that’s the road into town. She’d be more likely to have gone that way”

“….”

“By Elune, if you and that stupid parrot are leading me on a wild goose chase….”

With many more muttered complaints, Rithrynn nudged the sides of the large nightsabre and Nisha leapt forwards to gambol down the snowy street. A few seconds later she pulled up to a halt, as something caught her attention. 

“Um…yeah. That does look like a Li Thing” Kathlin observed to nobody in particular as Rithrynn climbed down from the Nightsabre, gave Nisha a firm warning to stay put and started walking towards the sleeping elf propped up against the side of a building. Looking around, something else perched on a post box caught her eye. “Hester!”

The bird glared back, before fluttering over to her outstretched hand to start preening and looking extremely satisfied with herself. “You know, it isn’t very helpful if you don’t show us where you’re going. Now is it?”

Hester continued to look smug, and gave no indication of having heard her. “Hmm. Anyway. Nisha, Hester. Hester, Nisha” 

Reaching out to ruffle and stroke the Nightsabres fur on her head, Nisha rolled her eyes before turning her head away. Hester meanwhile, shuffled around on her perch until she was fully facing in the opposite direction, causing Kathlin to give her a disapproving frown. “You guys….”