Redtail Rise healing

masque dispatched each kit and stacked it nicely. ancelin's stomach growled for the blood, saliva flooding his mouth. he was hungry as all young ones were, growing fast toward his first year. but he was also envious of masque's smooth movements where he had cultivated none.
and he was grateful to her for a segue into visiting avicus. "alone."
his voice broke a little, and in the hoarseness he looked away. "thank you. i'll go — now." how he was going to take all of them escaped ancelin for now. "i owe you one."
his lips flicked into a rictus of a smile that passed.