Redtail Rise where'er i walk ten thousand serpents follow at my feet

for @Augur & @Lilia, tagging myself so i dont forget to reply lollll <3

the warmth of the days continued to drop. redtail shimmered in sienna and crimson, green leaves shot through with gold. and such changes continued into their hunting grounds, berries clustered with rich elegance and herds tasting the air for snow.
ancelin, perhaps arrogantly, did not fear winter. he had come into himself and moved with a confidence that was at last his own. ironically it stemmed not from his status in redtail, but the plans he and lilia had made to seek their own empire.
teeth clacked playfully on the air; he stowed his triple catch of fieldmice in the cache nearest their den and paced out on restless legs before summoning augur and his mate. she was right; they should tell the silent man now. 
and then he would tell masque.