Her concerned eyes scanning the coastline impatiently. Sara and Trex stood quietly nearby. They were uneasy due to the uncharacteristic concern noticeable in the senior wolf’s mannerisms. Sara couldn’t help but think about how easily the mind adjusted its perception so as to be able to take its surroundings for granted. Sara, like everyone else in Mayor Petrice’s immediate surroundings, eventually got so used to the older wolf’s calm, self-assured and powerful presence that they simply took it as a given thing after awhile. So much so in fact that when this self-confidence was suddenly gone, it felt like some type of indefinable hole had become noticeable to the Anthros around the mayor. Concern and fear began to spread over the ship like a fog. Trex’s eyes scanned the slowly approaching coastline. Dark smoke was clearly visible rising slowly from a clearing a little further in from the coastline.
