only one - open; joiner??

[rhosmari]

She was trying to pay attention. Trying to make sense of what they were saying.  A young one spoke of Roan fixing her up, giving a name, saying she should stay till she was feeling better. The first told her that this was a archipelago and one that connected to the mainland via train tracks. Slowly her eyes shifted over to where he motioned toward them. A gate, and a bell. Her head tilting sharply as if expecting something else to be there. Something decaying, horrendous, oozing visceral,...leaking. STOP IT!

Her paws quickly rushed up to grab at her own head, eyes widening for a moment as tears began to spill down her maw. Her breathing sped up and confusion swelled rapidly. Sending her on a roller coaster of emotions that spiraled in the pit of her stomach. She tried to pull back but it grasped her and held her firmly. "Please....please....I don't know what this is.." The face of a lion rearing its head. Pain lancing through her body, her heart breaking. Once and then twice. Squeezing her eyes closed she forced her paws down and lifted her head up. Taking a deep breath and immediately and almost violently she grabbed the herbs and shoved them into her mouth. Muttering a broken thank you.

A desperate one. "Please help me..." She almost begged as she tried to keep her gaze from being unnerving. But one soul was winning.