Big Salmon Lake primum non nocere

The cat came slinking out of the grass, silent but for the rustle of dry blades under her paws. She came to sit between the two men, turning the conversation into a three-point star.

She'd remained with Leto and Delos while Aureli was elsewhere. She was relieved that he was back — but she had already identified the two pale wolves as part of their colony. Now that their wandering tom was back in town, all seemed right in her world.

The cat began washing one of her paws, utterly at peace.