Ouroboros Spine all dolled up in gabardine

It had finally snowed! Mara was so excited when she stepped out of her den, a hollow beneath some tree roots, that she yelped with happiness and started bouncing around in circles, flinging snow everywhere. It had been too long since she had seen snow. It was like a part of her was finally restored. In her old home there had always been snow, so she grew up with it and when she came here, there wasn't any that she had seen so far.

The air was crisp and the snow covered the trees and dusted the ground all around. Then Mara had the best idea. She rushed through the forest a trot, heading for the highest slopes of the spine. The view from there would be spectacular. She slipped a couple times in her haste to climb the slope and ended up with snow covering her, but she could care less as she got higher and higher until she saw the tree-less ridge. She was just about to rush out there when she spotted tawny form sitting there. Mara had never actually met Mordecai, but she had heard he had a reddish coat so it must be him. She didn't know how to approach him. Calm and collected? Serious? Or just her usual self? She decided to go with the last one.

Mara started to walk out onto the snow covered ridge but before she could say anything to him, she heard a whooshing sound and all of a sudden a cloud of cold snow landed directly on her head. She squeaked loudly in surprise and looked up at the now empty branch to see a very smug looking crow staring back at her.