Redtail Rise Epica Maxima

augur watched them go, offering a low chuff to follow.

when thorn caller had grown small in the distance, the man rose and shook out his ruff. he had no doubts that the young redtail respected him.

but he knew he had lost red woman's respect. to lose it was to lose their bond as leaders. to lose it meant the loss of the redtail young. to be demoted was a humiliation that would reflect in lost rank for his daughters. 

augur did not intend to fight the consequences of his refusal to stand with red woman in this. he wished only to know what they were.

thorn caller wished a reunion that the huntlead could not guarantee.

he returned in quiet strides to mate and child.