Redtail Rise Life and death

mountain boulder came to new snow, subdued.

he oftened visited where red woman had been killed. he licked the earth. he whined, rubbing his shoulders along the cold grass to gather what remained of her scent.

with her death, his last tie to the rise was gone.

but he did not communicate this. he turned to mouth her cheeks, to inhale the good scent of her ruff.

in this all, they had one another.