Iktome Plains i have broken my vow to deborah

no prob! <3

he flipped the vole -- it landed unharmed in the grass -- but the scent of another brought his senses surging to the fore, and he let the small rodent escape, his attentions focused immediately elsewhere. it was a female cloaked in cinnamon and ash, and she loped toward him with a confidence he admired, but inherently shied from. lifting his plume, the donnelaith dweller stepped to meet her, ears cupping carefully to hear her words.

"pearl." he smiled briefly. "i do know her. i am her beta." he did not ask how this stranger knew her -- he was certain that the details would be provided -- but was quiet, waiting for her to speak again.