Blackfoot Forest heartvein

The scent of a man pierced the forest. Glaukos was on alert for signs of Djinn or Mercedes, or foxes to cull for Javelina, so to find a man was unexpected - and suspect.

He strode through the dark like a bear awoken too early from sleep. When he saw the pale figure he bristled, studying the man from the obscurity, trying to find his physical limits despite the shadow and snow. It took some time, some trailing.

The man appeared interested in the forest; maybe for its scents? Glaukos rumbled a warning and cleared his way through bramble, seeking to be seen then. The only scents beneath fox musk included himself and Jav.