You're brighter now than anything

In the end Osprey decided that such musings were useless and dangerous - prey, no matter what kind, didn't need to be pitied. It was the way of life - if you weren't lucky enough, you got eaten by someone else. She glanced down at the dead fox, eyed it thoughtfully for a moment and then, as if she was finishing a long conversation they had had, said: "Stay alive next time." She was not religious, but she believed in the idea that souls could travel. Any soul could.

She got up and drew closer to the water, to have a drink and wash down the rancid taste in her mouth, when a voice from past reached her and made her lift her head and see, who it was. Much to her surprise it was Scarlett. Could it be a coincidence that she had been reminded of this wolf just few days prior? She would never find out that. Osprey greeted the approaching girl with a friendly wag of her tail and curious expression. "Scarlett - what has brought you this far away from home?" if she was not mistaken, then her pack lived a long distance away from this part of the valley.