Ouroboros Spine Springtime Air

For @Adrastus

Keyni was oddly, feeling antsy. She and the remaining Fireflies had continued to stay in and around the Spine, welcomed by Kukutux. Time had passed swiftly, and with each day, her thoughts stirred. She couldn't help but wonder...what would she, Antares and Bronco decide in the end? To merge with their allies and family, or to try and begin anew close by? This feeling of being in limbo was getting to her. Making her restless.

To keep that feeling at bay, she did what she always had done. Kept busy. Checked in on Kukutux from time to time, watched the borders, but did not mark them (for they were not hers to mark) and procured meat to add to caches. Today, she was by the lakeside. She sat, idly perched on a collection of sunny stones. From an onlookers perspective, it may have looked as if she were zoning out, unmoving with her back to any who might approach. 

A keen eyed wolf would see this was not at all the case. The subjects of her interest were directly across the lake on the opposite bank. Filing out to drink and even graze on the newly sprouting blades of grass. Seven deer in total. All females. Keyni didn't move a muscle. So much as a flinch could spook them. Or at the very least, alert them that they were being watched. But that was all she was doing, now. Studying them. Reading them. Judging the health of the herd. She could always hunt another time, if today was not the day.