Emberwood branch-waving

"i —" arrested, dear heart, dear lolloping heart; "no. i w-will inform my l-leaders," lestan decided, turning his face right about to watch the newcomers again. "they'll choose what t-to do."
if he was not looking at the man, he was not flustered, the mayfair discovered in short order, and so he peered through the deadfall as if his very heartbeat was dependent on how unblinking he became.
"they're a new p-pack. i w-wonder why th-they've c-come down h-here," he mumbled, becoming for a moment his researching-self once more.
"and they've k-killed a l-lot of caribou, m-more than they n-need, s-surely," he added, a bit of indignant consternation flowering his tone for a heated moment.