Redtail Rise Lithium

a new man.

augur's tail was high as he came to attend red woman's call. food was welcome.

he deferred to his alpha female with a low rumble but did not look toward the ram.

his yellow eyes instead studied the stranger, and he strode close to offer his scent and take that of the other.

pale. travelworn. muscular. skyfall eyes.

the color of his fur reminded augur of the transition between winter's snow and spring's muddying melt.

and so he became blue drift.

augur left off his investigating and joined lilia with a rumble, cutting a great swathe of meat.

he would carry it to new snow if she did not arrive.