Redtail Rise Around in the shade,

He did not speak much, and she could appreciate that. She had grown used to quiet strangers in her previous home; words had been exchanged rarely there, and when they were it was through claws and teeth.

For a while. I usually keep moving until I find someone to settle with. She responded to his question, pausing only to rip meat from the carcass. That was how it had always been for her; she left home, walked until she met her wife, then walked until she met her husband. Now she had neither, so she was walking once more. She knew that joining a pack on her own was an option, put the appeal was very little. There was something about being lonely in a group of other's that felt worse than being alone in a group.

But then again, the hunt here was good. She would have to see where it took her first.