Tormented Tarns Innocence gone but it's not forgot

This exploration had led him astray. Most places within this new region were teeming with life and vibrancy. 

While the life here was teeming and vibrant it wasn't of the variety he was hoping for. Insects littered everything. The air, the trees, and ground. The floor sank in around his toes and he made a mental note of the horrid hunting conditions this swamp posed. Likely not a resting location or a point of migration even with this... water source... if you could call it that.

Void of decent prey he did manage to stumble upon a lanky dark female. "Hello Miss" he greeted as he took slow steps through the sludge towards her.