Redhawk Caldera i've been watching your kindness keep

perhaps a wiser girl would have taken one look at the leader's face and turned tail, but mona held fast, nervous as she was. her reward was dawning comprehension in the other's pretty eyes, followed by a smile that softened the tension limning the woman's features. mona let out her breath in a small sigh and returned her own small grin.
so! she'd known lasher. instantly the scarlet girl was awhirl with questions, but kept them to herself, her paws pushing a little against the snow. "yeah. uh, i actually just sort of ... recently found out?" the nuro blurted. "but ... but he's dead. and i don't know anything about him, so i've just ... been looking for wolves who might have known him. it isn't a great plan," mona added, a little ruefully.