meridian had gone.

s'ari was sick.

candle led them.

zoug went out that day in search of others. he hunted little, filling his belly with water. the scent of more was upon the air, but along with it twined the scent of coyote.

he stopped a distance from the waving foliage and called out, single eye burning.

what was a coyote now if not tribe? the attack on candle had reinforced his biases.