Blacktail Deer Plateau rude awakening [m]

While she took her fill, Peregrine looked downstream. He only turned back toward Fox when he heard her stop drinking and backpedal to sit down. He shifted to face her, then did the same, his dusky blue-green eyes lingering concernedly on her pretty red face.

She didn't say anything, so neither did he, at least for a moment. Eventually, he did speak, though he didn't press her for any further details about the situation at hand. Instead, he simply said, "There's a fat squirrel waiting for you back at your little campsite. Wanna head back?"