Redtail Rise LXVII

They exchanged scents, each tailing the other in a semi-circle like koi fish.

He appraised the rippling muscle beneath his silvered coat, and the face that looked upon him without the knife-edge of scrutiny. So used to being abraded by the world, Gavrel took an instant liking to the man.

There's a rabbit back there that damn near killed me, he remarked. Shall we go after it?

His voice came out airy and perhaps a touch manic. The adrenaline that had surged in him during his fall had not yet dissipated from his body.

Without waiting for an answer, Gavrel turned to stalk off to the raised lip of rock, tail held high and jaunty.