Sun Mote Copse musical chairs is turning into an adult drinking game.

He definitely got the effect he wanted.  Fennec froze, and her heart jumped into her throat as she hunched and her fur bristled.  She didn't hear anything, but she also hadn't heard Penn, and his voice startled her just as much as the implication behind his shout.

She was clearly ready to fight, but there was more fear than anything else in her response.  She was remembering the fight with the coyote, and what Wraen had told her about wolves who could snap her spine with a single bite.  Bears who were as big as four wolves.  Lions who would give no warning.  Her mind painted all of these as she spun in a tight semi-circle and strained to hear.