Blacktail Deer Plateau Fresh start

Since Easy and Lavender had already roped someone into taking them to the pond, and most of the other adults were either settling in for a nap or getting ready to start their day, the rendezvous site was fairly quiet. Grayday was, at first glance, the only one around in any state of awareness. Soon enough, however, his son's small, brown form came tumbling out of the den - Grayday hadn't realized he wasn't with the girls.

"Late start, eh, Buck-o?" said Grayday, grinning at his son as he began to stalk something. "What's that?" he asked curiously. The beetle, large as it was, was still too small for the leader's poor eyesight to detect.