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Angora was very excited for her momma to come and visit next time. She'd spent the whole day cleaning and rearranging her nest, making sure everything was tidy and perfect for when she returned. She'd even gone through her treasures and tossed out the ones that were no longer absolutely perfect. Taken them all by herself to the edge of the cliff and tossed them over. No momma or any one else to help her. Dragged her big bag of no-longer-treasures with her strong little arms and used her strong legs to push it over the side.

Yes.

Momma would be so proud of her. Proud enough maybe to go out and get snackies. Walks and snackies with momma were the best, and Angora did not doubt that she'd earned that with her latest success.

The problem was that now, with her latest cleaning, Angora's nest was decidedly... un-shiney. Many of the treasures had dulled or gotten dusty in the rift and had to be disposed of and now her nest looked so plain. Of course, she knew the remedy to such a problem. She needed to go on a treasure hunt. The problem was that... well Angora was just so small! So small and everyone else was so big! When she went out without Momma or another officer or a bigger youma, Angora always got bullied by the bigger youma. The last time she went far away from her nest on her own, she nearly got her tail bitten off! And yes, she could wait for Momma to come back to visit and they could go together but Angora wanted to surprise her with brand new shinies!

Angora had to be brave. She had to be brave, like Momma taught her! She would be brave! All she had to do was step out of her nest! That was all! Super duper easy! All she had to do was lift one paw, stretch it out over the edge of her nest and then set it down on the ground. Easy! And then the other... which was... not so easy. Suddenly Angora felt her little body break out in trembles as she stood, exposed on all sides and away from the warmth and safety of he nest.

Brave, she reminded herself with a steadying breath. Brave like Momma. another big, calming breath and the trembling stopped. She could be brave, she decided as she set off. The place where the really pretty crystals grow wasn't that far away anyway.