Redtail Rise guardian

anyone welcome! hoping for a guardian-esque thread.

Rest had done her well. The hitch in her gait was hardly noticeable now, and due to the attention of the medics there would likely go away entirely soon enough. New Snow trotted at the borders and marked the soil there diligently. It no longer smelt of saltwater and sand, as once it had.

New Snow was aware of another scent in the air, not so unfamiliar now. She paused in her marking to sit and drag her rear-end against the earth to satisfy the sort of itch she felt, but when this did not do the trick she paused to lift her leg and doggedly nibble and lick there. New Snow noted some blood and cleaned this away before she rose and shook her furs, continuing her patrol.

The time was near, but not yet; still, for it, her own allure might be increased a measure. New Snow was not at all a sight to behold, all manner of debris upon her person... and some dirt still clinging near to her bits. Her tail remained low, instinctively protective.