Phoenix Maplewood daddy

While Timberlake dashed off to wiggle through bushes and, basically, completely undo all of Alya's hard work, Alya headed off in the opposite direction and found a bright green katydid on the trunk of one of the maplewoods. She'd been planning to dig for one of the large grubs that she liked to eat sometimes, but this seemed like a much more interesting prize.

Snatching it off the trunk, she carried it back toward Timberlake and saw that he had been successful as well. Her tail wagged idly when she heard the buzzing of his cicada. "Put it here," she commanded as she smashed her katydid into the ground. It was not dead, but the impact stunned it enough that it did not leap away when it was released from her jaws.