Snowforest Taiga Breath of Terramorphous

Go go go. She went. She ran, pitching full speed into the sparse land where the first trees they'd seen in days loomed over them. Generally, where there were trees and vegetation, there were critters, no matter how small. They would still be a meal and that was the important thing. They were running on fumes now and to go much longer would push them both to the edge, making them irritable and nasty and endanger the bond that they'd forged over the last many weeks. 

Slowing, the dark female scented the air again, this time her nose closer to the ground. There was something. Something... unfamiliar and... prey. Definitely prey. Her legs carried her, a swift trot as she tracked this prey, this unknown. Much too hungry to focus on anything more than the thought of food at the moment, Nochtli's encounter was sudden and quite startling, a yelp pitched high as she scrambled back. Pain lanced through her nose as she leaped back, paws automatically moving to cover her nose, which only made her yelp again.

Eyes crossed to stare down her snout, a panicked sound coming from her as she realized: "Th-There's things stuck in my nose! In my nose!!!" Crumpling immediately to the ground, Nochtli practically squirmed as she tried to gingerly get the spines out of her muzzle, soft ow ow ow ow's repeated like a mantra as she absolutely ignored the infernal creature that bumbled off the other way.