Moonspear diamonds in his pockets

Kindle hadn't meant to trigger anything in her, but he still found her stubborn determination quite comforting. He could feel relatively sure, at least, that she would not be caught slacking. He felt his reputation had taken a nose dive when he'd brought a dog and an old, cranky woman home with him, so it was important that any new recruits prove themselves useful.

"Let's just focus on the hunting, for now," he said, huffing out a laugh. "And border marking. That's what I'm doing, now."

He found something interesting-smelling on the ground and dropped down to roll himself in it, covering the scent with his own.

"Like so," he said, popping back up with a jaunty wag of his tail. "When we're done, I'll show you where we've been gathering."