Moonspear look to the universe

Fresh from the chase of a lucky find just a stone's throw from her den's doorstep, she swung her pathway back around towards home as soon as the rabbit hung slack in her jaws. The sun was setting already -- too swiftly, it seemed for her tastes, and the prickle in her fur told her the autumn's chill would be coming with the night, especially should it stay cloudless. She glanced up only once to ensure that indeed, the sky remained vast and spotless, although churning with the colored array of sunset.

After a few more long strides up, she eased into the general vicinity of her endpoint but not yet to sight of the den itself. In her pause, she listened, flickering her ears carefully as she skimmed her sights around. It seemed quiet, undisturbed, yet she would not be so quick to fall into complacency. She lowered her head slowly to set the rabbit down, then as she rose up once more, she summoned the little ones to her with a soft aroouu note; it never became a fully-formed howl since there was no need to demand them, but neither was it exactly a bark. Should they not be preoccupied with anyone else (plausible, considering the fresh scents around), she only wanted to enjoy these last fleeting moments of daylight with them -- and then greet the night when it came.

Now quiet once more, she listened again with new anticipation and the rabbit cooling at her feet.

@ anyone + puppers especially @Lyra @Alya @Korei Julia @Hydra