Blackfeather Woods feed me

He was close to Maegi. She probably didn't know, but if she did she didn't mind because he wasn't chased away.
But she was patrolling, he thinks. Or maybe searching for items Jaes wanted her to find, for the shrine. OR pile. Altar. So many names he didn't know how to distinguish yet. Maybe they were all the same. 
But a foreign shadow passed through the trees, a voice carried towards them.
Blood. Home.

His fur prickled and emerged with Maegi, but kept silent. He would help if he needed to. He was still small enough to attack from below, like with the coyote.
However, Mou came. The absent body staggered about and he kept away from him. He was unstable and Rowan didn't like it; it was dangerous. That's why he kept hidden from the one-eyed dog.