The praise was lovely, warm and encouraging. Audrey flashed a quick little smile in answer, but didn’t interrupt as Asher went on to explain about the pain. It wasn’t the answer she was hoping to hear, but it was the one that made the most sense. Of course, changing voluntarily would be painful, why shouldn’t it? Changing with the moon was an agony like nothing Audrey had ever felt before, or likely would feel elsewhere. Unless she managed to change on purpose. She took a deep breath in, feeling it help cleanse her mind and body, and breathed it out through her almost pursed lips.
Audrey scrunched her nose up intonationally at the instruction to take up meditation; she couldn’t think of anything more boring than sitting down and trying to think of nothing. Which of course, meant she would think of anything and everything else. But she nodded, nose still a little scrunched up, at the instructions, nonetheless. She wasn’t the type to cause trouble, and she honestly wanted to be able to change at her will, not just the will of the moon. Maybe she would be able to find another member of their pack that meditated, and she could join them in the daily routine. That sounded better than sitting alone somewhere.
“Okay,” she answered, because she would do as instructed, with or without company. Finding somewhere safe while she let her mind wander would be the most important thing; while she would be obedient and not attempt to Change during such sessions, it struck her as prudent to be somewhere where an accidental change wouldn’t wreak havoc – such as where she was now – rather than in the middle of the park.
Audrey scrunched her nose up intonationally at the instruction to take up meditation; she couldn’t think of anything more boring than sitting down and trying to think of nothing. Which of course, meant she would think of anything and everything else. But she nodded, nose still a little scrunched up, at the instructions, nonetheless. She wasn’t the type to cause trouble, and she honestly wanted to be able to change at her will, not just the will of the moon. Maybe she would be able to find another member of their pack that meditated, and she could join them in the daily routine. That sounded better than sitting alone somewhere.
“Okay,” she answered, because she would do as instructed, with or without company. Finding somewhere safe while she let her mind wander would be the most important thing; while she would be obedient and not attempt to Change during such sessions, it struck her as prudent to be somewhere where an accidental change wouldn’t wreak havoc – such as where she was now – rather than in the middle of the park.
