Moonspear chapter one

Hydra returned to her cubs with a thigh of some creature she had scavenged. After thoroughly looking it over and being certain there was nothing the matter with the carrion (some other scavenger had simply eaten its full and moved on, and after investigation that thing was far from the Spear), she knew her cubs could both play with it and attempt to eat it, too. Again she would teach them. 

They chased insects, and @Dirge had been watching them; he lingered still with his head upon his forelegs, watching them quietly. @Altair and @Caelum rest with him for now, their own eyes closed as they snoozed, no doubt low energy then for the draining heat the sun brought. Hydra deposited the leg of meat and placed a heavy paw upon it, beginning to tear into it none too quietly to rouse the attention of her offspring so that they might join her at the proverbial dinner table.