Andromeda stared at the book as Kat flipped through the pages.
What I wouldn't give to know how to read better...,
Andromeda silently scolded herself. " Hey, what's that?",
she asked, as a Kat settled on a page with a drawing of some sort
of mountain on it. The mountain was split, with two sharp peaks
rising above the rest. Andromeda couldn't make out the text, but it
appeared to be slightly smudged or faded.
Andromeda stepped to the mouth of the cave to get a better look. A
cold wind blew into the cave, ruffling her black fur, as she stared
at the mountain looming on the horizon. "Perhaps the coyote went
that way in her travels," Andromeda said, looking back into the
cave.
Andromeda nodded and turned her gaze back to the horizon.
"That's a good destination as any," she said. Andromeda
wondered what they would find out there; this was the farthest she
had ever gone from the city. Will we find salvation, or more
trouble?, she contemplated.
Kat nodded and turned into a tiger once more. "Well when
everyone's ready we can go he said with a slight yawn. Yukio
nodded and licked a paw to clean his whiskers.
"There's a big town in that direction though...it's in
avoidable..." the lion cub warned.
Andromeda looked at Yukio, her expression softening in her eyes, "
We'll be alright," she said. "We'll just do our best to
stay out of anyone's business," she said, giving a wolffish
grin.
Andromeda laughed, amused by the small lion cub. "The humans
ought to watch out for you," she said, stepping outwards from
the cave and into the cold forest.
Most of them are afraid of you...and all of us, Andromeda
thought grimly, refraining from saying this thought aloud. She
lightly padded through the snow, matching her pace to that of the
small lion cub. She looked over their group, amused by how odd they
looked all together. Some pack we are, she thought, smiling.
" So, have you been to this town?" she asked Yukio.
"If they catch you in this town they'll take you to a place that
looks at you. I heard they do experiments to see how we can
shapeshift..." Yukio said darkly.