Blacktail Deer Plateau The day is set

Sorry for the late reply! School, school, school D:

The warmth in his welcome reassured her, but she pursed her lips at his accompanying words. They did not bide with his mellow tone, and their unspoken weight rendered her silent. Every duty she could think of was likely one Sun Spark had already considered and discarded, and she felt a stab of frustration at her inability to help the elder male and a pierce of pity for Sun Spark's predicament.

"I've been hunting." She felt a prickle of guilt as she wondered if Sun Spark could do even that. "Storing up." Her brows knit as she remembered the failure of their recent hunt. Summer still lingered on the air, but soon the leaves would fall and the wind would chill and the snow would cover the ground. Every sun that passed, every hunt the pack returned empty pawed, marked them one step short of Winter's advance. "Once we bring down a larger animal, you could help us cache it like you did the bear."