Redtail Rise I'm not dead yet.

The hunt was of greater importance than he thought. The Caru wanted to go immediately, and so they would. Tulimaq was given the order to go ahead and so he took one last draught of the scent and began to hike his way along the rise with Masque at his flank, at first; the scent they followed wasn't as strong as others, so it would take time to determine where exactly this person had gone—if they found the trail at all.

He did not like the feeling of being stalked from behind, although he knew that was not Masque's intention. Having spent many days alone by this point in his life Tulimaq found the added tempo of steps and the general presence of the other wolf to be a distraction, one he did not expect; so he put his focus in to the work, keeping silent as he went along.