Blacktail Deer Plateau witchmilk

When they reached the plateau proper, Peregrine paused contemplatively and then said to Junior, "I want you to go straight home. You know the way, don't you?" In response to this, Junior stared at her father as if in disbelief, then nodded enthusiastically and blurted, "Ya!" "Good. Go on. I'll catch up with you. And I'll know if you don't go straight home," he added warningly.

Once Osprey Jr. bounded away (clearly delighted by this brief freedom), the Alpha male turned to his newest recruit. "If you're open to it, Lasher, I'd like to get you started as a Gamekeeper. A hunter, in other words." His tail twitched. "I'd like to get started right now, actually." The Are you game? was implied by his silence and his heavy gaze.