Redtail Rise ready to start

she respected him, and it sent dominance zigzagging through his veins. of course she did, maybe — maybe he deserved it. maybe the scars relic had left meant he was already someone.
at least to kids, even if not to himself.
"all right. well, first you have to find where they went," he told her, slipping into the shadows once more. his variegated pelt broke up the outline of his body at once, while she remained a pale little dot. but that too could be outgrown.
"look for feathers and bird poop," he told the girl, nose to the ground. he knew that the birds hadn't landed so far off; now it was up to her to find that out too.