Blacktail Deer Plateau You can't take me, I'm free

Although he'd been teasing her and she was now teasing him in turn, Peregrine said simply, "Truth," in reply to Osprey's statement. "I know you have my back and my front," he added, referring to a joke that dated as far back as their childhood. With a small laugh, her bumped his swarthy muzzle against her hoary one.

"Aha," he said when she revealed she had a plan, though he didn't press her for details; he knew they would come in time. "Um..." he added when she instructed him to think back on the times he'd walked through mist. What had it smelled like? His nose wriggled, as if actually questing for the scent.

"Well yes ma'am!" he crowed playfully when she ordered him to get to work. Jauntily, he pranced alongside her, sniffing at the air or occasionally dropping his head to brush his nose along the ground. He smelled quite a few scents, though none of them were quite misty enough to capture his interest yet.