Golden Glade H&M

she did miss the lake, and the glade had much more coverage. the grotto always lacked trees, whereas there was no shortage of maples here. "yeah, i do miss the lake," she agreed with a tip of her head, "but it feels so much safer here, ya know? like-- i'm less worried about tapat being picked up by a hawk 'cause he wandered too far from the den by himself." phew, what a fear. the coverage helped, tapat and astik had made it five whole months without dying, and even though they were probably too big to be carried off now... well, it still helped.

suddenly, she paused. "wow... the boys are old. they're like, off on their own around the territory," she muttered, eyes narrowing forward.