Swiftcurrent Creek this country is ours

For @Bones - throwing some NPC characters into the mix for a potential warrior thread (since it as brought up in the last thread) and making some assumptions about location, if that's OK. :)

"Bones. Bones." Bazi's voice was a frantic whisper. She gave her snoozing friend a hard shove in the ribs with both fore-paws to rouse her.

It was a few hours after midnight, and a smattering of stars were visible through the slow-moving sheet of scattered clouds. Prey was returning to the fields that surrounded their territory, drawn by the sound of running water and the promise of vegetation. Bazi had spent the evening downwind from a female herd of bison, scoping out the youngest and oldest animals. Bison did not go down easy and calves were hard to get at, but an older male duty-bound to protect the breeding females might be brazen enough to break away.

But that wasn't why it was important for Bones to wake up. Bazi hadn't been the only animal watching the herd that night. A small group of mangy, flea-bitten coyotes had taken up position within the pack's borders, watching her work with big, hungry eyes - and no matter what she did, Bazi could not drive them away. A show of strength was required, and Bones was the nearest wolf available.

With any luck, they could deal with the intrusion quietly and without needing to call on backup.