Kildeer Rest 'Zat you, Santa Claus?

It didn’t happen often and Towhee could never pinpoint its cause. All she knew was that some wolves were more difficult to lipread than others. Some were nearly impossible. It just so happened that he was one of them. From what she could catch from his introduction, it didn’t bode well. This was Kukutux’s mate, the pack’s Alpha male.

Ah, good to meet you, the Redhawk said, figuring it was a safe enough response to… whatever he’d said. She’d caught “sun man” and that was about it. Damn, it was super awkward when this happened, and it threw her even more off kilter, knowing he was a dude of import here.

So, I think I’m going to try to keep tabs on Donner, she said a moment later, if you want to gather some others to track and bring him down. Catch you later? Towhee dipped her head and swiveled to lope after the bleeding ungulate.