Wapun Meadow “So watch my chest heave, as this last breath leaves me.”

She stared from beyond the creek at something that wasn’t even there, until suddenly. 
There was. 

Bright oranges flicked from nothing to something as that something was free from the pile-up of forestry and frozen flora. The something was another of her kind - she had gotten lucky this time, as other times it had been either coyotes or an overly irritated badger she ran into. The badger incident had traumatized her...well that amongst a few other things.  Watching the sterling detach itself from the camouflage of the woods, she bobbed her head, moderately seasoned banner heightening a slight for emphasis that she had indeed heard their announcement. Auds flashed to see them while eyes listened to what their body said. 

Thankful for the cold, she burrowed in her own fur, petite body quite the comparison to her counterpart, but much had told her that they weren’t that much different. Moments had passed before she relaxed enough to swish that banner in a friendlier greeting; an invitation to join her on the other side of the creek. 
Disguised from her real purpose.

To see how such a dastardly vein of water was crossed.