Blacktail Deer Plateau serafina

he smiled as forward she leapt, and followed close upon her heels. he did not think that the bear would attack, not with two wolves so near, but he would not let eilidh out of his sight. sidling alongside her at the pace that they set, he scented the air. "the bear will probably stop for water," he commented, sighting down the trail and noting that it traveled in vague direction of the stream.

she was a natural tracker, it seemed; perhaps that would be her role in the plateau. all at once lasher felt the gravity of his age; he would be very old when his children were ready to assume their adult ranks -- if he lived at all. shaking away the thought, he smiled lightly at his daughter. "what do you see?"