who needs forever

I don't mind if you don't. Feel free to be the combo breaker if you want though. :)

Past the brunette, Echelon had indeed spotted the prints in the snow as they eked a way out through the encroaching forestry. It was easier to pretend that she didn't see them, not that they were easily spotted anyway. It wasn't too much of a stretch for her to also presume that they could have come from the other. Anything was possible, wasn't it? These thoughts were cut short as she found the other female returning to her side, looking over the mess of scratch marks and footsteps, only to make a sound that Echelon wasn't sure to call. A snarl yes, but the meaning behind it garbled. Was she mad at the mess of tracks? Upset they were unreadable? Perhaps she shouldn't have been standing on them for so long.

But she understood the gesture that was made at the next interaction, only then did she feign lack of interest. The prospect of a hunt was difficult to pass up, especially in the withering state that she found she had descended into. Something more than just a meager morsel from the leftovers of a pack that couldn't carry their haul would have been nice. But her feigned disinterest spoke volumes and most important, the key one of them all. Why should she help and what was in it for me?