Blacktail Deer Plateau Business Dog

Of them, only two remained. Saena had successfully removed the last remnants of her family, aside from her brother and Junior, from her heart when she'd steeled herself against Osprey, and now felt a lightness in her breast that hadn't been there for many months. She'd decided on a whim that those who left would simply not matter to her. She'd been told to grow up, and she had; there would be no more anger, only disregard.

Her step was lofty as she wound through the trees like a cat, akin to a prance. It was the happiest she had been in a while, and it deserved some merriment in her motions. That is, until she spotted the younger of the adolescents up ahead. She slowed her step then and sobered back to a semblance of normalcy. There was a brief moment where her ambition flared and youthful fire rose in her breast, but Valtyr was no threat to her high goals, she thought. He was yet too young, though she only knew that because he'd been smaller when he arrived. No doubt he stood higher than her now.

So she caught up with him with a waving tail and an inviting smile, something she now reserved for only the highest ranked adults as she battled for her place among them. "How are you?" she asked gently, unwilling to scare him off with a louder tone.