Heron Lake Plateau Lots of booze, and lots of ramblin'

WC: 351

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Niamh felt sure that Raleska could handle the challenge and if she was anything like her mother, she would be able to do it with swift precision, and bear herself proudly after having vanquished the fox. Niamh had high hopes for Raleska and believed completely that though the girl was quiet, she would come into her own in time and be exactly what Niamh would want in an apprentice. Tegan had found his apprentice, and now she wanted to find her own apprentice- build a bond with one of this year’s youth in particular so that they could help out, particularly in the next year as Niamh intended to have her own plate completely full with the birth of fifty or sixty children of her own, or so.

The fox came right into Raleska’s path, but with a shout she slammed on the brakes allowing the fox to skitter away. She cried for Niamh to leave it, and Niamh too backpedaled, pulling herself to a stop as Raleska swiftly turned on her heel and bolted away. Perhaps she’d been hiding her reluctance all along- but Niamh hadn’t noticed it and was flabbergasted by the girl’s reaction. Frustrated- as she’d come so close to sharing a triumphant moment with the girl, she grumbled lightly to herself and let aleska run away. She might go back to Caiaphas and tell her that Niamh had tried to make her kill a fellow canine- but Niamh didn’t care. Niamh was a guardian, and foxes were dangerous. It was them, or the wolves. 

So, without thinking anything else of it, she denied Raleska’s plea, as the girl was no longer in sight, and chased after the wretched creature, putting on an earnest burn of speed so that she could make up the ground she’d lost. The ruddy creature was already tired, and it was relatively simple for her to hunt it down and kill it. The fox would trespass no longer on their territory and instead, ended up filling a cache for the winter, should they be so desperate that they would need to eat foxes.

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