Rattleskin Redoubt raptor

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S'ari was exploring north of the Ravine today. The desert could be dangerous. This she knew instinctively, having been born to it, but this place was especially fraught. She'd already danced away from three snakes wandering about and she'd been in this area for only half an hour. What were they even doing out in the open at night? She was just thinking of turning and leaving, not wanting to die so young, when she caught the scent of coyote as the wind shifted. And it was strong. Whoever was here was close.

She turned her head this way and that, searching, then settled on a yip-yap. Any coyote would recognize such a sound as one of their own. Then, she waited.