Otatso Wetlands will you be ready when the straw-boss calls?

"Khmmm..." Nunataq said to herself, nosing through the part of the tunnel Indra had unearthed, and doing it so thoroughly as a professor, who is evaluating a student's laboratory work. Here the scent was just as strong as it had been on her side, but the owner of it was still in hiding. It did not occur to her that the rat or mole she was going after, might have a huge system of tunnels and at this point might be comfortably sitting in a couch several feet away, watching TV and eating popcorn (or bug-corn, whatever those critters prefer). And that they were very unlikely to succeed in their quest.

"Achoo!" the girl summarized her findings and retreated from the excavation site. After having had no immediate success, she had lost interest altogether and was ready to go home again.