Blacktail Deer Plateau PACKTIVITY — Then the quiet explosion

“A goose and a bear and a Pied,” Saēna replied brightly, unwittingly dredging up the name of her mother in her aunt's presence like it was as insignificant as the other animals mentioned. Saēna by now knew that Pied had been her mother, and had been taken to visit the grave, but she had no concept of loss. The closest that had ever happened was when they thought Junior was dead. Somehow, she knew that knowing her mother would have been worse.

Before she could go into further detail, Finley enticed the cubs into a game of tag. Saēna was breathlessly chasing the greyscale female, determined to pass on her "it" status, when the hunting party returned. Her tailed waved wildly when Peregrine deposited a leg at her paws, and though she was small and certainly less impressive than her fellow pups, she flung herself over it with great gusto and began tearing off strips. She glanced sidelong at Junior, who was given the choicest meats, but there was no jealousy any longer for what her cousin got.

When Saēna had eaten her fill and the rest of the pack had begun to settle, she nudged Junior's cheek lightly, smearing blood even further up the dark female's face, before gripping the remains of the leg tightly in her mouth. She had consciously left some, and as she began to drag it away, most of those who knew her could probably infer she was going to find Pura and give him what was left.