Kildeer Rest red paint

Towhee had killed a fox raiding one of the caches and wasn't sure exactly where to put it. She was too busy trying to figure out what to do with it, she didn't notice the bird circling overhead. Normally she would dump the carcass right into the stockpile it had robbed but she had seen these wolves curing skins and figured someone around here might get use out of this one.

For now, she stashed it atop a rock and considered finding Kukutux to consult her. Wiping dried blood off her paws, she began to make her way toward the woman's ulaq but hadn't gone more than five steps when she found her path blocked by the Alpha female's lookalike with a blackbird on her shoulder.

Towhee stared at the crow for a beat, then realized the she-wolf was talking to her. The corner of her mouth twitched upward when she was asked if she was Meerkat's mother. She wasn't Towhee, longtime Sovereign of Redhawk Caldera anymore, but this title made her just as proud.

"I am," she replied, "who are you? And who is this?" Towhee asked candidly, pointing a toe at the crow.