Mount Apikuni Hla Oad

The more he traveled, an unfamiliar scent seemed to strengthen.  He wasn't sure of its source, but it wasn't something native to his creek home as far as he knew.  Maybe it was, but if so it wasn't something that had been around any time recently (recently being since he started paying attention to such things).  He didn't know to be particularly wary of it.  However, the one good thing about exploring was that Akatosh was paying attention.  This land was completely unfamiliar to him, as he wasn't a particularly worldly youth, so he was drinking in all the details as best he could.

So, when something moved up ahead, he froze for a moment and focused on what it was.  The origin of the scent was what.  And whatever it was, it wasn't happy -- that expression crossed species lines.  Even if he'd been given descriptions of what a cougar was (which is probably likely offscreen) he couldn't see the full body of the other predator, just enough to know that it was likely way bigger than him and totally grumptastic.  Maybe Akatosh had stumbled across its den?  You know what, maybe he should get out of there.  His ears tipped backwards instinctively and he started to back away, not really sure if he should just book it or try to be slow about it.  Running made things chase the thing running away, right?  Or at least he liked chasing things that ran from him...