Otatso Wetlands does she wanna get it all back?

No need to match! I got carried away. :)

It wasn't terribly often that Fox dared go to the wetlands. The sticky mud clung to fur like nothing else that she had ever encountered, and she preferred the fresh, clean water of the creek to any of that. Today, however, she had been tracking down a small deer, perhaps not even a year old, that had been limping. She had chased it from the creek, playing the long game and allowing it to go wherever it pleased. Its frightened bleats were all Fox needed to keep track of it, and she had spent the better part of the afternoon following its voice.

When the ground beneath began to feel mushy and wet, she knew it would only be a matter of time before the injured creature made a wrong move and came crashing down. It held on for longer than she expected. Eventually its feet folded under its body, and it fell to the mud. Making haste, Fox leapt toward it and clasped its neck in her jaws until its breathing slowed to a stop. It wasn't much of a creature. Thin, weak, and young, but it would mean food for Tuwawi and her children.

Fox broke her grasp on the young deer, and it was only then that she looked up to see a dark wolf in the distance. Not terribly eager to share with an outsider, and yet curious about this other wolf, Fox glanced between her kill and the other wolf a few times before settling on a plan. If the other did not belong to a pack, Fox would use her to help bring more of the kill back, enticing her to stay with the creek. If not, the yearling would have no issue chasing her off.

Trotting toward her with mud clinging to every inch of her body, Fox stopped when she was roughly thirty feet away from the girl. She was young, no doubt, perhaps a bit scrawny, but looked in decent shape. No immediate signs of disease were present, and Fox found her oddly similar to Bones in that moment. Brushing the thought aside, she spoke. “You out here alone?” The kill was still far enough away that Fox didn't worry for it, but it wouldn't be difficult to pick up the smell if the girl tried hard enough.