Herbalists' Cache gloom days

rubbing my hands together like a fly..

although she hadn't been given specific orders by sun eater or star-woman, keokuk was restless enough to embark on her own. patrolling the borders, making sure the herd her new people followed were healthy and numerous. 

she wished not only to provide for saatsine as a whole, but for the cubs stirring inside star-womans womb. they would come soon, and they would be welcomed into the world with a sense of security. safety. 

so, when the scent of an intruder mingled with that of the caribou, she made haste. too close to the cache saatsine now called home. too close to the caribou.

she was not a woman who stalked, who slinks around to watch from a distance. action must be met with reaction, and she would not allow this strange to slip past her for a moment longer.