Shadewood we’ll go away when you let yourself grieve

Her eyes widened and her mouth parted,  "Wow you survived a cougar! You must be some sorta powerful warrior."  She beamed, thinking highly of the man. She was glad to have such characters to call Family. "I could never do that," she continued, "I couldn't fight off a duck, let alone hunt one!" 

At least the youth knew of her flaws, she had no problem with that. Her tail waved in her happiness, her bundled up energy turning the air into a static fizz. Gosh, she must have been thinking of Laroche on her way down. Of his soft touch, his purring, teasing tone that made her fur stand on ends and her heart beat faster...
"Teach me, please." She blurted out, needing to take her mind off him until she sought him out again.