Swiftcurrent Creek hidden in the footnotes

Bones. :) I read through the cougar thread and couldn't see anything to suggest that the carcass had been removed.

A sparse cloud of flies buzzed over the carcass, reanimated by the smell of decay. It couldn't have been there for longer than a couple of weeks, and had met its end well within pack territory. Bazi picked her way through the aftermath of the battle with her nose close to the ground, cataloguing blood, guts, and tufts of hair that still clung to the downed animal's claws. Her forensic efforts revealed that both pack leaders had been involved, but she didn't recognize the others (and even if Lecter had played a part, his particular scent would quite frankly have been impossible to distinguish from the rot).

A few brave scavengers had picked at the body, and what remained was only fit for insects and the earth. Bazi was surprised that the pack had not consumed their kill - given the season and inherent risk of targeting an apex predator, it seemed a frivolous waste. The cougar's deflated, cloudy eye followed her around the battlefield, and the jittery female nearly jumped out of her skin when insect activity in the area made it look like the animal was winking from beyond the grave. The sudden fright put a good 20 feet between them, and she took it as a sign to move on. There was a gloom about the place that made her skin crawl.

Subdued by her find, Bazi started back the way she came - walking, trotting, and soon sprinting north.