Redtail Rise little lost one

New Snow rumbled back in turn. Though the content of her mates song caused a stone to form and sink in her stomach, New Snow knew she must let this feeling pass. But her man would not hunt alone.

Bobcat would learn to use his teeth—and his nose.

Practice, New Snow rumbled again.

But it would look a little different. Her man had left a definitive trail. The path aligned with that of his sister. They would track.

New Snow brought Bobcat to the large pawprints Mountain Boulder had left behind. And gestured to the tinier ones alongside them... his sisters. New Snow sniffed at them both, and looked to him, encouraging him to do the same. The imprints of his sisters had filled up with water; soon, the earth would fall into those spaces. Make them disappear. But for now, they had this lead.

She howled to her man; she and Bobcat would join him. As a family they would all search, but this would also be a lesson for their son. The weather brought much with it.