like almost everyone else in the cellar, ahsoka was wet with rain from the heavy gray clouds outside. the prominent stand-out for her, however, was that she was actually dripping, ends of her burnt orange headscarf leaving trails behind her and clothes sticking to different parts of her cocoa skin. she’d been outside more than once, in and out and back again, trails of people tethered to her by hand, like kindergarten children following the leader. because you could take the girl out of the war, but you couldn’t take the war out of the girl. just as the small group she’d brought in all let go and dispersed, she looked around. there were many faces, familiar and not, around, clustered together and all emanating a sharp tinge of fear. this was, she’d come to find out quickly, something that had never happened to any of them before. the other thing she could feel, both through the force and just by human instinct, was a pair of eyes on her. looking over, she asked, “ what ? ” but she did smile a bit. “ i know i’m soaking wet. it’s fine. or have i got a big gross bug on my headscarf ? ” she could taste the sharp tang of copper in her mouth when her lips pulled back. there were pretty harsh winds outside as well, kicking up dirt and debris; the lot of them had to dodge some pretty hefty branches and palm fronds when they were making their way back to the cellar together. she wouldn’t be surprised if she’d busted her lip or something similar in all the chaos.
𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 & weak . she was a hale and an alpha . one of the last living werewolves of a powerful bloodline . and yet here she was , utterly useless and anxious . she had never liked to be kept inside let alone in a single room with over twenty strangers . she knew she’d be okay , she just had to focus on something and keep herself grounded to prevent from freaking out too much and letting the claws & teeth out . “ what ? “ cora hadn’t realized that she had been staring right at the other . “ you look like shit is all , “ nice save cora , you almost showed a single emotion for the first time in your life .
