Lost Creek Hollow "what did the fish say..."

sorry this took me ages to get to!

Truth be told, Mordecai wasn't much for dens. If it hadn't been for the change of weather in the past few days that had prompted him to find something a little more sheltered, chances were he would have been found roaming and lounging out in the open. But as it were, autumn was progressing quickly towards winter. The days were noticeably shorter now and that lack of light had prompted the trees to fully shed their leaves where it mattered. That change of the season stirred quite a bit of mixed feelings within him, though it was nowhere near as bad as he had anticipated it. Like the sliding change of the year before, it seemed — at least so far — that they were in for a mild winter.

But he didn't hold his breath either.

He had been a few steps short of emerging from the den when a bark came, followed by the feminine lilt of Ilya. His head poked out first as though to check the clearance, and then the rest of his body followed as he came out into the crisp air of the day. Her words had already gained his attention and he wondered just what her discovery was. "Hello Ilya," he murmured with a wave of his tail, "what did you find?"