Blacktail Deer Plateau fly away

He'd been more withdrawn from the front lines of the pack than usual. Hawkeye's altercation with the Neverwinter was an incident that he was certain would soon come to a rolling boil...but also the weather, which was cruel to his southern roots, had put its toll on him. This rough season had confirmed with him an eternal love for summer; he was loathe to see another snowflake drifting from the heavens. But on this day, when he finally woke and peeked outside, he was delighted by the coy whisper of a warm breeze tangling his ruff. Spring would come, he realized, if only he expressed enough patience.

The sound of earth being flung into the foliage nearby piqued his interest enough to investigate. He was a bit wobbly from his self imposed hibernation - the jitters in his knees made him groan in regret - but he pursued his goal nonetheless. It was, fortunately, a short journey.

The culprit behind the disturbance was nothing more than a stray rabbit hulling out a tunnel...presumably to launch a breeding campaign in a new den. His belly wasn't presently as full as it had been in the recent weeks but to claim hunger would have been a touch dramatic. Captivated by the twitchy movements of his potential neighbor the wolf made a move neither forward nor backward...the lazy flick of his plume subdued to stillness lest he startle the little mammal and send it skittering away.

set by Emy