Duck Lake and we'd break under the weight of any pain that ever came in this life

@Tashkent

at first she did not notice the scent of coyote trickle into the hinterlands; she was coursing the trail of a rabbit, and suddenly, was put off by the heavy scent of her canid cousins. indra was not afraid of coyotes - as small as she was, she still dwarfed them significantly -- yet from the interloping waft of wind, there were many nearby.

perhaps they had banded together for the winter; she would steer clear of them, and present no trouble. she was largely unfamiliar with their customs, and other than tadec, had never had much an interaction with them at all. if they were capable of great good or great evil, she certainly didn't know -- all she knew was that she preferred her home to be free of them, but she could say she preferred her home to be free of wolves too, family excluded.

deciding then it was better to leave before she was detected, indra rounded her shoulders into a slouch and made back in the direction she had come.