Emberwood ghost

sun eater was within his element, joyed in full hope to be gone from the river. it was unnatural that any should stay so long in one land, stay while the caribou roamed far and the everlasting dome of sky was there for the taking.

returning to the forest of fire trees, he saw one of the newer saatsine wending her way between the boles. at a distance he followed, drifting to the right as he refocused intent upon the moving, blowing bodies half-hidden by the foliage.

two males tangled ahead, antlers clacking in the silence of the quiet forest. sun eater stopped to watch them, though his dark ears flicked again toward the woman.