Palette
- umber earth
- warm sandstone
- deep peat
- natural hemp
“We check first. Then we go.”
Pats the ground twice with one paw before he sits anywhere. Sweeps friends behind his bulk with slow wide foreleg arcs. Stacks loose pebbles into low walls whenever he has to wait. Wants to keep everyone gathered close where he can see them, but refuses to let anyone try a new path until he has checked it three full times.
Tells
- Pats the ground twice with one paw before he sits anywhere
- Sweeps friends behind his bulk with slow wide foreleg arcs
- Stacks loose pebbles into low walls whenever he has to wait
Want
To keep everyone gathered close where he can see them
Flaw
Refuses to let anyone try a new path until he has checked it three full times
Story pressure
Someone I love is out of my sight
Resolving action
Lets go of the rope and walks the new path first
Voice
Slow low rumbles, short sentences, repeats the word steady, pauses between thoughts like shifting earth
“Steady. Stay where I can see you.”
Who Bramble is with
Nix launches for the far side before the third check; Bramble must choose between checking again and following.
Cinder opens the hollow log's box mid-check and lets out the thing Bramble was checking for.
Two worriers agree on everything until they have to decide who was wrong.
Bramble sweeps everyone close with his rope. The hug Tuck wants finally happens and everyone yelps, so they invent the belly-up hug.
