Swiftcurrent Creek time will see us realign

for @Shaara but AW! set for the 31st

Liri's return has more or less sent her back into hiding. She avoids @Kavik as if her life depends on it, still unaware that his former mate had elected not to stay. Maybe it wouldn't make a difference, though. She can't stand the idea of facing him, not after catching a glimpse of what she'd taken from him. Not after being reminded that she is out of place here, unknown and unwanted; certainly not the woman Kavik wants by his side, though it stings less with the knowledge that he is not the man she wants by her side. She doesn't need a cheater anyway, right?
Right.
She's managed to drag herself out for a hunt, though the process is miserable and, predictably, does not end well. The moment her jaws close around her intended prey, an unfortunate hare the color of snow, a wave of nausea washes over her. Her snapping teeth only manage half the job before she drops the squealing, writhing thing and turns away, taking several steps before she vomits into the snow. Over her own retching, the sound of the hare's painful death only twists her stomach further. The creature is only suffering needlessly now, falling far too slowly toward its inevitable end, and all she can do is listen as she vomits. It reminds her of herself, almost — except there is no one even to watch her as she suffers.