Sun Mote Copse A journey begins with one step

It was strangely relieving to realize she already knew some of the bad news, per a conversation with Seal just before the bairns came. Still, Meerkat’s lips twisted at the recollection of such treachery, committed by one of the Redhawks’ own.

I actually knew about the first attack. Seal told me about it a little while ago. She said Ana did it, she acknowledged, shaking her head and sighing. How is he doing? Has he recovered fully? she wondered in the next breath.

She wasn’t sure what to say about the other attack. Meerkat couldn’t help but wondered if it had been driven by hatred for coyotes—“species-ism,” if you will. In that case, she doubted the perpetrator posed any danger to the inhabitants of the copse, though she still appreciated the warning.