Sun Mote Copse And so I quit the p'lice department

She came to a halt and stared after the rolling hare, so caught by surprise that she wasn't sure how to react. But then Bronco's holler spurred her into action. Heart pounding in her chest, Meerkat leaped toward the jackrabbit even as it smacked into the base of a tree and fell limply to the ground. The poor thing's spine broke in the process, though Meerkat hardly noticed as she pounced and instinctively went for the jackrabbit's throat.

A beat later, she released the carcass and blinked down at it in total shock. Her head whipped up and around to find Bronco. -"I did it!"- she crowed on a disbelieving laugh. -"I killed it, Bronco!"- And it was her first kill, to boot. Meerkat grinned breathlessly as she looked down at the unfortunate critter again. She was a bleeding heart when it came to her kind, though she was also a meat-eater, so any empathy she felt toward her prey was fleeting.