Sleepy Fox Hollow peitsche

maybe @Mou/@Elfie/@Stag? <3

where a snake had come from this time of the year, mahler did not know. he had found the serpent curled in a pile of rocks while searching for pika.
it had struck weakly at him, fatigued as much by hunger as by the absence of warmth. mahler circled it now, its large body thick with inviting flesh, but the tremulous rattle at the end of its scaled tail kept even the general at bay.