Sun Mote Copse i'm the pretender, i'm not what i'm supposed to be

arcturus wriggled over as meerkat careened into view, thrusting her nose into the very object he was studying. giving her the space she needed to make her own conclusions, arcturus gave a proud nod as she astutely observed the sapling was snapped in half.

"yes, it's broken." he answered, swaying his tail as he probed the fresh break with his dark snout. "recently too, see how fresh the break smells and looks?" he sniffed at it to make a point, stepping back and waiting for meerkat to do the same. "something broke this recently. this is one of the ways we check our surroundings to make sure everything is safe. any idea what it was, that might have broken our sapling?"