King Elk Forest -- and we will rise above, open our eyes up

another round of snow had fallen on the king elk.  once again she saw what mato had when they'd first traveled here together, the beauty that the forest had.  somehow she had still managed to hide from the beast that the forest was named from, while it seemed everyone else so far had seen him.

perhaps some other time she would seek him out.  for now, she was hungry.  her captivity and journey home had left her body more angular than it'd been when she'd left, pitiful underneath the plush winter coat that was starting to grow in.  

yet instead of scouring the caches today, she decided that maybe she could muster up the energy to hunt something, even with her bum leg and deep gouges.  and perhaps one of the new members would join her.