Frostbound

Sarah

A riot of noise surrounded her as she made her way through the kennel. High-pitched yips of excitement from growing puppies were followed by low rumbling growls of warning from Lulu.

The horses had been rough, but they were nothing compared to the complete workload of keeping track of and an eye on the dozen scoundrels.

Lulu's litter had been... larger than expected. She expected the puppies to stop at four or five, but she continued pushing more out until an even dozen were all nuzzled against her. It was a welcome change. Well, welcome in the fact there were more of the cute fluffballs. Not welcome in the fact there were now over double the things to keep out of trouble than expected.

The job was never-ending as they seemed to thrive on getting into places they weren't supposed to be.

It was enough to wear her out even with her higher endurance and she was near her wit's end.

She considered asking Jonathan to take her through one of the Dungeons for a few levels just so she would have more energy to spare watching but decided against it.

She was already growing fast enough already, she didn't need to go through the Dungeon too. She'd already been warned repeatedly not to rush and focus on things other than level.

"Level isn't everything." Jonathan would lecture. The tone and cadence of it was something she could impersonate in her sleep he said it often enough.

Sarah knew he was right, she'd seen Chris fight and knew that he didn't get his strength from his levels, but it was boring to sit and meditate about Laws!

Even the one for her affinity remained out of reach!

The only easy one to do was Body Refining but they wouldn't let her do that yet. They claimed that she was still too young and her body was still growing.