Phoenix Maplewood and damage her very soul?

it's actually been a little more than 8 IC days since that thread was started but that's ok, kek.

as requested of her, praimfaya waited for @Mahler at the heart of the maplewood. she had returned to the maplewood little into the dawning hours of morning; having shadowed one medium sized deer herd for a few days, learning their migrational patterns and which territory they appeared to favor before moving on to catalog the small elk herd whose scent path she'd crossed a few times shadowing the deer herd.

it was mind-numbingly boring work, and most of her time had been spent laying or sitting from a vantage point to observe them. or slipping away to hunt for herself so her rumbling stomach didn't give her away; or catching a few hours of sleep when they bedded down to sleep themselves.

despite being duller then dirt, it was useful to test the limits of her patience ( of which she had more than she'd thought she had ) and praimfaya was able to make a connection between this and her time spent spying on the saints. the latter, though, was much more interesting in terms of going-on's. after trailing the two herds for the span of the eight days the most interesting thing ( which wasn't really that interesting ) was watching the sparring matches between the male elks and deers as they fought for their right to breed.