Her mother was a loony. After moving and travelling for several years before coming to find her long lost mother, that was the conclusion she came too. That and she had far too many siblings and people in one house. Thank god she had missed the move though, that (according to Tommy-her half sister) was complete hell. But thank god she was not making this a mommy daughter outing, she was at least allowed a friend. That, in and of itself, was a godsend. Carina wasn't completely certain she could last a whole day, or weeks with her mom in a small enclosed space such as Craiss Caverns. Which reminds me, why in the world did she choose this place?! Why not somewhere with escape routes, like... Oh, I dunno, anywhere but here?!
Carina took a deep breath. Quail wasn't going to drive her insane. After all, daddy did say she was a shy little thing when she was younger, and talking to her siblings just assured her that she was normal. Once upon a time. Though Quail did have a heck of a teenage-dom and even young adult life. She fell in love several times, and had far too many children. Carina never much liked having siblings, and to suddenly have this many? It was crazy. Absolutely crazy. But every once in a while it was a good thing. After all, they seemed to be pretty close to one another. In fact, everyone seemed to care a lot about everyone else. It was strange. But nice.
There. Carina saw the caves, just in time to see her mother's tails go inside. She could either follow her mother now, or wait for her friend and do it later. Carina took the obvious choice and plunked herself down to wait on her beloved guest.
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