Northstar Vale like steps in a dance

Trainy thread for @Xi'nuata !!
set before they go bounce into SC

Even before the sun had started to rise, the creature had woken. Drawn from the comfort of his den and the body he shared it with, the dragon had emerged out into the glow of the earliest dawn, where darkness still hissed its way across the landscape, illuminated only by the foreshadowing glow of the sun somewhere beyond his vision. There was nothing particularly important about this day save for the change in his routine. Instead of carving his path through the snow laid in the belly of the valley towards their borders, he dove into the woods, where the trees were the thickest. His nose was keen, keener than his single eye; by the time the head of the sun barely touched the horizon, he had captured a thinning hare. Its winter fat was slowly beginning to roll off and clumps of its thick white fur were pulling out in favor of the tawny spring pelt beneath.

Raheerah clutched his prize by the neck, allowing it to dangle haphazardly from his jaws as he wound around, moving in an arc back to his origin - back to the den. He hoped that his denmate had not been roused by the male's early rising, more so that she did not actually get up and leave. His steps were brisk, for this particular late-winter morning was cold; it seeped in past his thick, scruffy coat and pierced his leather-like skin relentlessly. He huffed and gruffed, thick clouds of mist spouting from his open jaw and his nares as he made his way back to the den.

This catch was not for him. Surprisingly, nor was it for Lham, either - it was for his fellow warrior, his light, Xi'nuata. Fortunately, through the thick scent of the rabbit and its blood, he could still smell her. The morning was still early, but now it was time to awaken. Raheerah approached the entrance of the den, dropping the rabbit before the shadow of the innards of their den before uttering a low, rumbling growl.