Lya stared up at the darkening sky, and as soon as they had mentioned sleep she gave a slight yawn, flicking her forked tongue out of her sharp teeth as she did. Looking around, she didn't feel quite comfortable falling asleep here by the fire. The thought of sleeping with the others around bothered her, they weren't bad crossbreeds but she wasn't used to letting her guard down yet. She scurried out the circle of luminescence made by the fire, running through the forest her tail swishing behind her as she sped away, past the lush foliage and into the deep woods.<br/><br/>She found the rock den that had been her home for quite some time. Her stomach rumbled, she realized that with all the excitement today she hadn't found any food. She padded over to the clear pond and crouched, she dipped her head to the water's edge and her tongue flicked in and out as she lapped at its surface. The water made ripples that distorted the images of the starry sky above. She rose back to her feet, licking the droplets from her whiskers. She crawled back into the cave that was her private domicile.<br/><br/>Wrapping herself into a ball and pulling her black tail tightly around her body, she twitched it as she was in deep thought, her glowing rose-colored eyes  gazed into the night sky, she wondered what it would be like to be home again. To rule the land as her own and travel as she pleased, running away from imminent danger. The whole prospect of escaping a planet she was meant to live on was interesting enough. She closed her eyes and twitched her ears, she purred contentedly at the thoughts of what tomorrow might bring. Her rhythmic purrs soon lulled her to drift off and she dreamed of floating away from her and back to where she belonged.