Stone Circle brother i go to my lair to die

for @Regipre. staying vague until the LCH thread is further along!

the sunset concluded itself and cast long shadows over the odd circle of stones as shardul prowled through its growing darknesses in search of an alcove, a cave, a locale safe for himself and the coyote child. his steps were broad and yet a strange sort of consideration for her handicap had grown into his bones. presently, he motioned with a flick of tailtip toward a small depression beneath a mound of stones, only sown with stale scents.

he himself went down first, and then turned to make space for the girl, though there was scant room betwixt the side of his foreleg and the stone wall. his yellow eyes fixed themselves upon the dimming sky and he at last let go of a small duck, beginning to pluck it before tiring of the insipid task and passing the avian to the child. "what is your name?" he asked at length -- he did not know it, for he had never asked and she had never offered.