Dawnlark Plains Duties, duties, and more duties

Haha, sure. This will be my last post. She will miss Esaro. That's for sure. But she'll also be pretty mad at him lol.

Laika followed him, occupying herself with placing her paws in the excact places Esaro had. Her ears twitched as she noticed unfamiliar landmarks and she looked up. He said he knew where to go! She thought with amusement. She twitched her tail and waited for him to realize where he was going. 

Eventually, he got back on track and they were off once more. It was difficult balancing two birds - one on her shoulders the other in her mouth. Her neck and teeth hurt from the first bird and the second weighed down on her forelegs and paws, making it more difficult to walk than it should be. Still, she kept going without a peep of complaints. She'd expirienced worse. 

Soon they could see the Maplewood looming up in front of them, abscuring the late afternoon sky with their leaved branches. She smiled as her home grew closer and closer until eventually they were within it. The nearest cache came into view and she dug it up, revealing the few remains. She let the pheasants slide from her shoulder and mouth, her muscles relaxing almost immediately. She gave a sigh of relief before turning to Esaro.

"That's was fun. You did good today. Just trust yourself more. I know you have the skills." She smiled and murmured a goodbye, explaining that she needed to check up on some things near here and then take the rest of the day off. With another smile, she turned and left Esaro in the little clearing holding the little food cache. However, she did not know she was leaving her friend forever.