Sweltering heat had been the grand annoyance of the day. While many had the luxury of cooling themselves off in the river or the oceans of the beach, Śakkara did not. She had spent the better half of her day claiming and securing her shelter...her home deep within the vegetation of the jungles she chose to occupy and once the task was done, she made it her business to explore and familiarize herself with the land. While she had been born in the lands, she lost all familiarity with it when she left her family to discover her place in the world. She traveled through the open plains, memorizing the vast openness of it along with the little niches one could seek shelter or shade from the weather. She traveled along the shorelines, scenting the air mixed with the perfumes of nearby flora and the salt from the ocean. Occasionally she would see an ocean dweller surface momentarily before they dove back down to the murky depths of her home. The experience was a curious one but she welcomed it. Each little instance was a learning experience and oh how she craved knowledge of the lands that were now her home.She traveled to the mountains and slowly scaled their rocks and alcoves, savoring the unmarred fresh scent of the air high above. Feeling the fresh air enter her lungs made her feel as if she had only just breathed for the very first time. Then she took notice of the beautiful view the mountains provided and she'd begun to question the location she'd chosen for her home. Yes it gave her the seclusion she would need should she so choose it but not on this level nor did it have such a fantastic view. She couldn't help but lose herself in it and despite being "closer" to the sun, it was so much cooler up here. Śakkara spent the rest of the day exploring the mountains and only took to making her way back down when the sun retreated from it's throne in the sky. By the time she'd gotten to a more manageable traveling path down the mountain, the sky had transformed into an expanse of black that was littered with distant twinkling stars and the moons glow brought the faint twinkling of her own pelt an alluring glow while wisps of a gentle breeze ran its fingers along her frame and carried the sweet aroma of her scent along the path it traveled.
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