Otter Creek Pray or Prey

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Her size demanded that her mind be sharp. There were very few creatures (especially of her own species) that she could overpower. If she had not become intuitive, watchful, then she might have died long ago. Halo was surprised to find that she resembled his sister, if only in coloration. Her tall ears gave an interested twitch, and she tilted her narrow skull at him.

"Is she missing?" she wondered aloud, knowing that she had technically been missing from her own family for longer than she could aptly remember. She cared so little about them all now, that she wasn't even sure she recalled their names. "What's her name?" she pressed slightly, if only because she felt half-interested in siblings that actually knew one another.

"What's your name?" she asked after a quiet lull between blackbird and ash tree.