For a handful of days now, she had been rooted to the mountain. There were no trips out into the wilds in search of Ferdie, or even his cougar, or anything else that did not immediately pertain to her here and now. She had thrown herself headlong into duty here on the slopes of the Sunspire, from guarding to hunting and all else in between.
The dark alpha was feeling particularly aware of the shifting seasons lately too. Daylight hours shrunk, yet the days still were oftentimes humid and fairly warm still. Then, some nights would almost frost. This was much of what spurred her to hunt nearly constantly.
And now, she was resurfacing from establishing a new cache higher in elevation than some of her others after a morning of rabbit chasing and an afternoon of fishing. Deciding she was satisfied enough with her progress, her path headed for the nearest waterway -- the one that came to a waterfall.
She traveled a ways in the water, and a time then after just along the bank, although her dark coat remained slicked with a bit of water -- especially at her chest and underbelly. Eventually, she saw the white against the scenery and narrowed an owlish look into a squint; it was Vale. Or Leo. She still had not decided which she preferred. He was at a ledge, and she approached quietly, maneuvering to her own vantage point after a low chuff of greeting.
Amekaze had smelled him around here and there but had not sought him out specifically since he had joined. He didn't need her lording over him that seriously and she had been busy anyway. She at least he knew he wasn't festering somewhere, and from the looks of him from here, he seemed to be healing -- if only by a marginal amount. It all had to start somewhere, though.
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