Firefly Glen i think i'm gonna rent a monte carlo, drive around your neighborhood, like, real slow

She did not yet know the full breadth and depth of the glen, though Meerkat unwittingly neared its heart. There she found a lake lined by softwood trees, which lent the air a fresher fragrance. She paused to marvel at the view, bright eyes drinking in the turquoise waters rimmed in pale silt. There was a stony outcropping thrust up between the conifers, its pitted flanks dotted with green growth. Her tail twitched and she let out a breath, already feeling more at home here than on the mountainside.

Meerkat picked up her feet and began moving again, only to find herself suddenly on her back beneath a looming shadow. It happened so quickly, she did not have time to react beyond a stupefied blink up at her Aunt Hydra. Pulse still racing from the sudden attack, she nonetheless managed a grin and thrust out a foreleg to playfully karate chop the queen in the throat.