Blacktail Deer Plateau Royal bones

They munched on berries, smiling at each other intermittently. Peregrine couldn't do much more because each time he stuffed his cheeks. Although no fruit, vegetable or grain would ever taste as good as a nice venison steak or a freshly skinned rabbit, these berries were now among his favorite foods.

"How's Atti doing today?" he wondered between bites, blackish blue juice dribbling from his lips as his eyes locked on Blue Willow's.