Blacktail Deer Plateau pull me out of the wake [m]

Couldn't resist replying again -- always wanted a Saena thread. ;) If anyone else wants to join, feel free still!

For the moments that followed afterward, the only one who answered the call promptly was a small, light-colored female. From the looks of her as she approached, she may have been a yearling. One that most certainly held a rank higher than he. Mordecai regarded her with neutrality as she made her approach, only averting his gaze as she drew in close. The boldness of her walk he thought was in response to the premise of a hunt; it turned out he was mistaken. She came in close, close enough that if she had wanted to, she could have easily had him by the scruff and he would have been caught otherwise. Instead he felt her touch firmly, picking up on the way she sussed out where he had been and from where he had came.

A low growl slid uneasily from him, though not in warning. It was a nonverbal awareness that he was uncomfortable with her probing, but nonetheless allowed it. She demanded the obedience, the submission, and most of all, she aimed for dominance. And like her, he too was a dominant creature. But the actions were over as soon as they had begun and Mordecai dared a willing study of her once again. Her face almost seemed pinched with that air of superiority, but it was something he felt she would maybe grow into. "Have a look for yourself," he said softly, gesturing up through the thin veils of the forest ahead of them. "Take in the air, there's some deer loose from their herd up ahead."

Allowing her the time to make her own judgments, hoping that she would pick up on the duo's scent through the woodland, Mordecai moved to offer and introduction briefly. "I'm Mordecai, by the way." She seemed like a hunting type, unquestionable built for it. Even with her instinctual desire to find herself a top dog spot, he knew a good asset when he saw one. "What do you know about the terrain further up the slope?"