Noctisardor Bypass If it's meant to be, it'll be.

For @Argent

Ciri, having risen at dawn with the intention of trying her luck in catching a rabbit on the meadow where she'd seen some scatter into their burrows the evening before. She rose when the sun began to rise and lowered into a bow to better stretch the muscles of her back, then pressed on with determination through the trees.

The scent of prey strengthened as she neared the grassy hill on which they made their warren, and the swallow resisted the urge to quicken pace. Instead she slowed, knowing that animals with such impressive ears had likely heard her approach. Ciri would practice patience and wait for the lure of morning grazing to will the rabbits to surface again, and then she would make her move.

Bright eyes caught sight of a fluffy white tail as it disappeared underground, and she settled in at the woods' edge to wait quietly.