A life was left behind, several lives. Each time she seemed to resurface another part of her was lost and there wasn't much to be done by the space it left. Always moving forward, but never getting ahead. How did that work? To think that a creature such as herself could be considered thriving? That was hilarious, there were still those days when she didn't know who exactly she was. Staring into a pool of water and there was something that looked like her staring back with the eyes of a stranger.

Hidalgo was what she had always been, what her mother had been, what her father, and her siblings had been. A victim of circumstance. Though the valley had been kinder to her than some, it still managed to seep it's corruption into that heretic mind of her's.

Your name is, Hidalgo Hidalgo Hidalgo. That's the only thing you've got in this world, the rest doesn't matter.

A light powder had formed on the ground, the breeze carried snowflakes and cold air, and as she trudged through it, the blue female had stumbled upon another. Are you there? Ears pulled back and a crooked sneer pulled at her black lips. Her lithe form pushing past a holly bush. "Whooo me?" Head tilted curiously as she looked to the other female, golden gaze would glance about and then bounce back onto the girl. "I think it's safe to say that we're the only two here." A certain sing-song tone gripped at her words.

To be honest, Hidalgo hadn't expected to run into anyone, not for a while yet anway. "You're looking a little worse for wear there sweetie, are you sick? If you want I can be sit and listen to your last words or something. You know, whatever they do for people who are dying." The blue girl took a seat, perfectly poised a jagged smile curly upon her mouth.

"Hidalgo, at your service." Just your friendly, neighborhood heathen. "I promise you, I don't make it a habit to talk to the dead, dying, or the like. So this is your lucky day, girlie!" But for three easy payments of 19.95$, honey, I just might. After all, she had the miraculous gift of being everything that nobody needed nor wanted, making things worse as she went.

All toothy smiles, that's all you've ever been Hidalgo. Those teeth glinting in the light and black lips pulled into a delightfully saccharine smile, oh you walking Cheshire Cat. But that smile dulled and faded, golden gaze falling onto the girl's afflicted paw and curled her lip. I'm not dying, I'm fine. Just tired. A brow rose, and Hidalgo seemed almost bemused by the girl's reply. Sure, there was more wrong with her than her just being tired. Dying people looked tired all the time, that's why they died, right? She offered the pale female a shrug. "What do I know then, it's not like I'm an authority on sick people, or their wounded little paws." Head rising as a huff of hot air blew from her nose releasing a wave of vapor into the air.

Infections happened and they took lives, if this girl wasn't careful she'd find herself in a similar fate. Even if it wasn't any of Hidalgo's business, it was always better to point out the problems in someone else's life than in her own. Gave her less to really reflect on.

Is it? ... I'm Ivaylo. I don't make it a habit to look as if I'm dying. Do I look like I'm dying? A rhetorical question, though it screamed NEEDS AN ANSWER, she'd spare Iv a witty remark. Seemed both of them were chock full of them and the other female wasn't really in a place where sarcasm was exactly what she needed at the moment. Uh... don't answer that. A blink and a smirk followed by a shrug. "Call'em as I see'em." Golden gaze bounced off of the female to the overcast sky, squinting away snowflakes that wandered too close to her eyes.

In all honesty here, Hidalgo was the last person to ever comment about someone looking dead when all she did was act like she was. Coasting through life, no plans, no sense of self. "It's so easy, ya know? So easy to just get lost out here." Gaze would fall back to Iv and she'd give the other a sneer. "But, I'm out here for a reason. I've got big plans, and you? You don't look like you're planning much these days, sweetie." Standing up to walk closer, head tilted with budding curiosity.

Snakes came in all shapes and forms, the poisonous ones being the most dangerous of course, and luckily for Ivaylo, Hidalgo lacked venom, but still she was a snake after all. "So, why are you out here all on your own?"

Dive right into some's life, invade their privacy and find solace in knowing that there was always someone out there who had it worse. She lived for that feeling, thrived off of it. Blinking at the girl as she spun her tale. I've been on my own since I lost my family. It's been awhile, but... still recent. Hidalgo was sure this one was going to be tight lipped and she'd have to find her fix in someone else, but girlie here didn't disappoint.

But you're not wrong. I guess I am out here for no reason now. I don't really... know what's happening, I made a friend who left a trail for me to follow if I wanted to join his family, but... I don't know if that's what I want. So I guess that's a plan, but... not one I think I intend to act on. If that makes sense. Ears perked forward and Hidalgo stopped in her tracks, backing off the girl as she came to rest upon her haunches once more. The nervous laughter was unsettling, even for her. "Ooh, yeah I guess that makes sense. Sorry about your family, it's rough being without one." Her face remained neutral, though her tone held sincerity within it. The blue gal knew what it was like to be without and what loss felt like, they were feelings left back in former lives or ages past, but sometimes those old scars felt like fresh wounds.

I had plans... To just live. We took care of each other. I didn't think this would happen. I didn't know I'd have to plan for this, in case I'd be alone forever. I didn't think I'd need a reason to survive, other than to help keep them alive. I can't even do that. Haha, I can't even do that! Her ears pulled back as the girl snapped, thought her expression remained more or less the same, and as the girl's temper fizzled out and her ears drooped, Hidalgo would offer her a raised brow. Sorry. Came her apology, though there wasn't anything to apologize for? She had a right to be upset, her life sucked. She couldn't fault her for being pissed about that.

"If it's any consolation, you're young. You don't have to have everything figured out." Genuine advice? From this schmuck? Impossible. So maybe Ivalyo pulled at her achy-breaky heartstrings, just a lil. She watched as the girl got up to put some distance between them and she didn't try to stop her, only giving her a shrug. Golden gaze would focus on green, humming to herself.  "Someone invited you into their family, so you're not as alone as you'd like to think.  Buuuuut, that paw will get infected if you don't stop acting like a big reckless idiot, and if that happens you won't get to meet your friend." Then you will be alone, and probably for good.

She'd tilt her head at the girl's stammering, though a smile curled upon that slender muzzle of her's, showing just the barest tips of pearly canine teeth. "Look kiddo, I'm just looking out for your well being. It's tough out here, especially on your own, life doesn't like to let up. Hell, often it likes to try and remind you how alone you are. For every bad thing, there's some good though." She went on to explain with the same nonchalance as earlier. "But, by the looks of it kitten, you only know about all the pain it can cause, that's not too good."

"Cause one day, you'll be looking a gift horse in the mouth and then- BAM!" Her fur prickled a few birds flew from the trees. "A missed opportunity, cause you're so defensive and pessimistic." Hidalgo would rock back onto her haunches that clever grin never once melting from her face until the cream colored female asked her for further advice, causing the blue gal's eyebrows to raise with just a hint of surprise. "Okay kitten, okay. You should wrap it, compression will stop the bleeding, rubbing some cinnamon bark onto your bandages will help too." It was common knowledge around the valley for her line of work, being a priest it gave her high enough rank to be able to shadow the herbalists, or maybe she was just a fountain of knowledge. Who knows.

Amber eyes glittered while a bit of that smile came back in a small upturn of her lips. "I don't think anyone ever figures it out, not completely, not like you think. I've got enough going for me, who I was before wasn't someone worth a damn, who I am now is all I care about." In so many lives and realities, there were dreams upon dreams of her ripping apart her old self, killing that imperfect little being and building once again from scratch. The Valley was always a constant, and the people within it were expendable. "Figuring your shit out just means being satisfied with who you are and what you're doing. Sometimes that takes a long fucking time."

Expelling a breath of vapor from her nostrils as the wind whipped at her thick coat, she shook her head and sighed. "I dunno about dying, but eeh, that up to you. Your life and all, I advise against it. It's got that stunning effect of being , y'know FOREVER." Ears pulled back, and she gave the girl a snort, as Ivaylo attempted an explanation for her behavior. "You don't need to explain, it's cool, kitten." The blue woman flashed a grin, of course there were far more sinister things out here than lil ol Hidalgo. She did however step forward, tilting her head as her amber gaze tried to meet the girl's green, and then shifted to the girl's paw. "Hmmm, I can leave whenever I want. I'm in no rush. Let's go wrap your paw up, sound good?" One good deed a day keeps me young and a step further from death, or so they say.