Porcupine Ridge granite eye

"@Hex."

sibilant grin greeted the shadowknife as he set eyes upon her — and the boy at her paws who she did not yet know as @Alasdair. a young child, muskrat had not seen fit to tether him. now she nudged the pup in a brusque way, a smirk wreathed upon her face. "i find alone. no father, mother. like nutu," the warrior intoned. "walked in water."

her tracks had long been drowned, and the swamp panther now regarded her leader with a long look. such practices would swell their ranks more quickly than waiting for spring, but of course she was always aware her ways were — less accepted.