Théadan had heard her and Navia considered it lucky with all the chaos happening with Varinata. With a mixture of pain and exhaustion in her dark eyes, Navia watched Théadan hurry over to try to head off Vari off before she galloped off into the forest. Wyndagar had remained calm throughout the drama of driving the leopard away, but he perked up some upon watching his master trying to calm the other horse, so Navia gave him a small pat while leaning heavily against him. Suspecting it would take Théadan a few minutes to calm Varinata, she briefly considered sitting down while she waited for him. There was no telling where Vari would go next however, or if Wyndagar might try to go to Théadan, so Navia remained standing and continued to use the horse to help keep her upright. Eventually he was able to get ahold of the reins she had let go though, leaving her to see the way Théadan worked to work Varinata down from her panicking.<br/><br/>He was quiet with the horse once she calmed and Navia smiled lightly from her spot leaned against Théadan. She could barely see over the tall black horse’s back, but it was a enough to be able to watch the way Théadan soothed Varianata and reassure her that the leopard was gone. It gave Navia paused to think of the leopard and she half-turned to glance back around their camp as if she’d see the leopard sitting on their bedrolls, just waiting for them to come to bed. Everything seemed quiet despite all the madness that had ensued and Navia wondered what they would do next. Could they pack up and move on? Or was it too soon to leave some semblance of safety they had with the fire? Should they wait until daylight and the leopard had likely gone to bed?<br/><br/>Her name was murmured, breaking away the thoughts she’d been having. Navia turned to face Théadan when he rounded his horse and she immediately nodded when he stated the leopard was gone. It was good to hear. Despite a sliver of fascination they had come across the elusive feline, Navia had felt mostly fear and dread upon stoking up the fire and finding the cat on the other side from them. Things could have gone far worse; she considered them lucky. It did not mean they had made it through unscathed however, and Navia glanced down at her shoulder where her hand was slowly rubbing to try to alleviate some of the throbbing. “It should be fine,” she answered softly when Théadan hurried forward to check on her shoulder, “She knocked me into Wyn, so I think it’s going to end up being bruised.” Navia gave her shoulder a roll to try to show she was fine, then frowned when the movement sent little shoots of pain traveling down her arm.<br/><br/>“It’s probably just going to be sore,” Navia explained softly when the tender shoulder flared up from her trying to roll her shoulder. It was the least of her concerns for the time being anyway; they had survived an unwanted visit from a leopard, but she still felt a little blindsided by the sudden arrival of the cat. Deciding that warranted some closeness to Théadan, Navia stepped closer and into his arms, a small, tired sigh leaving her as she went to rest the side of her face upon where his shoulder curved and began his chest. “I’d never seen a wild one so close,” Navia said softly of the leopard, her cheek and ear resting upon Théadan’s bare shoulder, her arms waiting for him to embrace her before she did the same. Her dark eyes scanned the tree line nearest them, as if the leopard would come bursting back out to try to reach the horses.<br/><br/>“Do you think it’s safe to go back to bed? Or do you think we have to stay up the rest of the night?” She was tired, they had spent many hours traveling earlier that day, and Navia feared what Théadan would have to say on what they should do. “We don’t want to leave now, right? We should probably build up the fire in case she comes back…” Yet Navia made no move to leave Théadan and the way she’d cuddled up to him, seeking the reassurance they were fine and everyone ws safe from the leopard. She rarely sought out comfort from him, but the leopard had unsettled her. There had been so much intelligence in those eyes, so much confusion and then anger. Most of all, she had been fiercely aware of how much damage the cat could have down to any of them and how awful that would have been. So instead of pulling away to perhaps begin building the fire back up, Navia continued to lean heavily against Théadan, eyes on the forest where she'd last seen the tawny fur of the leopard. "She could have hurt one of us," Navia murmured, turning her head briefly to press a kiss to his shoulder, "Do you think we're going to have to work with Vari? I've never had a horse ignore everything as badly as she just did...she's dangerous."