Blackfoot Forest The Strangest Thing

His strident laughter rattled off the bark of surrounding hemlock, reverberating in her ears. Tail tucked in instant response, dark limbs wavered, belly dallying towards the ground. Unsure of what to make of such a sound from such a creature.

“You will be shortly,” she spoke, a tone meant to appease the beast, quivering with more apparent fear than anything else.