NEXT TO ME | o; double joining

[Amaranth]

[align=center][div style="width: 450px;; text-align: justify"][size=8pt]As much as Amaranth was enjoying Kunta's company, she felt a pang of regret that Edgar wasn't with her - her brother surely would be intimidated by the jaguar, but at least Amaranth seemed to get on his good side rather quickly. She wasn't too sure about the good side of another clan, however.

She seemed a bit skittish as she padded with Kunta to the border, although she was thankful he helped carry along her cart with her plants - it would be dreadfully painful if she had to leave them behind. Khepri seemed to be busy trimming off small dead foliage from the pot plants, too. Made her feel like she wasn't pulling her weight - but she was sure Kunta would detest against that, considering the bandages she'd rigged up for him.

Feeling dwarfed as she joined him at the border, she heard Kunta speak their names - she opened her mouth to detest but decided otherwise, instead, she inched a closer to Kunta, feeling a little intimidated about a new clan. What if they didn't like her? what if they talked over her like before? she gulped in air and went quietly still, waiting beside Kunta. Sensing her anxiousness, Khepri, the hermit crab, moved from the cart to her side, crawling up her tail up her back to her head where the small crab gently rummaged through her fur to make her less tense.

"Speech."