Iktome Plains Risk is its own Reward

Heph continued on the trail, occasionally veering off of it to investigate some nook. She thought she saw the trail of a snake, but could not be sure this early into the spring and decided not to follow. The prone figure in the grass escaped her notice on approach and she did nothing to slow her pace a she began to trot past taking care not to trip but more focused on the broader world around her than any of the minutia. She almost stumbled though after picking her paws over a nest in the ground when rather than fleeing a killdeer swooped violently in to peck at her ear, and then another. Giving a shout of surprise she tried her best to catch her footing, and get away from the birds that continued to scream shrilly. But they seemed unimpressed with the ground she had already given and she winced as one of them managed a rather impressive peck to her snout.