antelope gathered to drink.

zoug brought the growing young hunters to a spill of water at sundown. @Ebra, @Aylah, @Gaara, @Kira, @Chisa, @Andanari, and @Brac were instructed there to split into three uneven groups and follow zoug on either side of the oasis.

this would be an exercise rather than a hunt; he sent first one group and then another coursing through the sparse trees. frightened, the antelope reared, fleeing into the red dust of open land.

follow! zoug gestured emphatically. a study in stamina it would be for them, and he trotted after the running pups with a ground-devouring gait.