Bad Omens, Good Stripes I

The next days were bright, both in heart and of course, in daylight. The sun was at its most relentless now, no rain having fallen since that fateful day that had brought Shuule and Set together.

Their relationship had become more relaxed, more flirtatious, but not much more intimate, other than that she had begun to sleep with him at night instead of in the nest. It was almost necessary now, as his cold blooded body was refreshing to curl up into. What Shuule didn't know was that Set barely slept during the night, taking in the hours as this female clung to him in sleep, wondering if she would wake up the next day and decide she could do better. It never happened though, and if he had known what to look for, she even often would sleep fully human, ears and all, because she was so secure she didn't feel the need to use her better animal hearing.

Every day, Shuule wrestled with the wish to just lay around in the darkness of the cave, while also knowing that without the help of a villag