Blacktail Deer Plateau First Hunt

He didn't mean to fall asleep, yet Peregrine was drowsing when the scent of fresh blood roused him. He lifted his head and blinked blearily at Fireblaze as she walked back onto the scene, a dead rabbit clutched in her maw. Before he could open his mouth to say something, she dropped the carcass and made quick work of a scurrying mouse. He blinked and swallowed. Something about her impeccable ability to capture small animals made him feel uneasy.

"Um..." he answered when she asked him what he was doing, "I was waiting for you to come back." With a grunt, he pushed himself back into an upright, seated position. "Good job," he added simply, trying to tally her kills in his head and growing all the more perturbed for reasons he couldn't quite place.

"You know, I was thinking while you were gone. It's good to be ambitious, I guess, but admitting to me that you already have your sights set on my leadership ranks doesn't sit right with me. Tell me why you're so interested," Peregrine said, his arresting eyes fixing on Fireblaze's dark face.