Jade Fern Grove you are alive and are dying

Scowling, Minna stalked toward the creature in the marsh. Multiple failures today yet set her on edge. First, there had been the promise of a hare, a teasy feast for her and perhaps Liri. She had failed to catch that, but then went on to forget the location of the herb store she had hidden somewhere in the territory. Then, to top of her simply wonderful day, she had had a rather unfortunate encounter with a coyote that had left her with a shallow gash on her shoulder. She had driven off, but failed to kill, the hideous thing, and was seething with frustrtation of that day's failures. 

And now, here was a sketchy looking female, way out by the swamp. Darkness clouding her features, Minna stalked toward the female, tail and ears held high. She made no sound as she approached, stopping only a foot from the female. "You are close to our territory. What do you want?" Of course, she wasn't that close, but Minna was frustrated and upset.