Northstar Vale I returned to a stand of pines

Celara sniffed around some more, but she couldn't find anymore dirt mounds. Hopefully, they had gotten all of them. She packed a little more earth on the nearest one, just to be sure. Now, to find the beast itself. She could tell it was nearby. Good.

She put her nose to the ground in attempt to locate the groundhog, but mostly picked up the scent of earth. There- at last the smell was getting stronger. She would have to circle around it to scare it towards Reiko, or pounce on it and risk it getting away. Celara decided on the former, and attempted to signal it to the Empress without making any noise.