Stone Circle the branches have traded their leaves

Murdock's ear flew back at the ungodly racket coming from the den. He'd come by with the half-eaten carcass of a freshly-caught lamb, hoping to offer it to Stephie and Valette, and to the other two terrors as well.

Somehow, he found himself unprepared to face said terrors, and so paused when he found himself standing before a little dawn-grey girl. A moment later, though, he'd gathered enough to lay down his kill a few yards from the den's mouth.

"Hey," he said to the child, eying it uncertainly.