Sun Mote Copse A concatenation of locusts

if you don't mind, gonna just hand wave and say this is after she is here bc I really want this <3

Fennec was learning.  After her run in with Pox, she was left to wonder if more of Sugar's family were like her or her brother... but she didn't really go out of her way to find out.  Mostly, she walked circles around the corpse, until slowly but surely she had a simple understanding of the forest.

She knew enough now to know she was close to the borders when she heard the other wolf, and that caused her head to lift and ears to circle.  Honestly, with her gangly build, she likely resembled a startled deer, though she wouldn't know to draw the comparison.  She couldn't tell right off the bat if the wolf was from outside or within, and if they were from outside, probably she'd need to prevent them from crossing.  If she called, Towhee wouldn't...

Her mind checked itself and shook that off, though a bit of the ache lingered.  Probably they were a packmate.  It didn't sound like they were trying to slip past unseen, or in any hurry, judging from the pawsteps.  She remained where she was, stock still, listening carefully as they moved closer and closer.