The Sentinels Into the light

"There you are!" Osprey put her gift on the ground and called out to her mate, once she came within the sight, tail wagging happily, because she had found him so quickly. It seemed that they had been on the same wavelength, when it came to thoughts and actions. It reminded of those last days spent together only, when it felt like they were able to understand each other by looks and moves alone. Words had not been neccessary. 

She sat down, waiting for him to come closer, all the while smiling sincerely at him. "I brought lunch," she leaned down to nose the rat, "a meagre and smallish one... but still lunch."