Redhawk Caldera The hanging tree

He looked over his shoulder and made a tiny "eek!" noise, his legs pumping even faster and his laughter fading into the wind. He wasn't the fastest runner, however, so Finley caught up to him. Peregrine glanced sideways just in time to get a face full of flailing muskrat claws. It surprised him so much that his jaw involuntarily fell open, dropping the weird, rubbery tail.

Peregrine flashed the Beta a playful grin, then gave a girlish cry when she brandished the beheaded body at him again. Tucking his tail between his legs, he led her on a heart-pounding chase around the caldera before the two of them fell into exhausted heaps and took turns tearing off and chewing chunks of muskrat meat—when they weren't too busy spitting tufts of slobbery fur at one another, of course.