01-30-2023, 06:00 AM
Something new. She didn't notice it immediately, but when she did, her ears gave a bewildered, alarmed flicker.
Fresh, under cave-scent and the fox Feru still stalked. The wolf paused, ears twitching as they zeroed in on the shuffle of movement elsewhere in the caverns.
Another wolf. A more present threat to a great many things for Feru, but one she was less keen to take on than the fox. She stared into the depthless inner reaches of the caves, touched never by light but, on occasion, by the breath of their dweller. She could hide, lie in wait in the parts of the caves where she, and she alone, had the greatest advantage.
But she was still a wolf, all things considered, and they had instincts that chafed at the knowledge of another lupine on her territory. Slinking, they shuffled toward the light where the encroacher lingered.
Inside the caves, likely taking shelter from the chill or the wet. Inclement weather had driven many a weaker creature from the outside into the caverns...And into Ferus' waiting, hungry jaws.
They did not step into the light, but lingered in the shadows where the dim light from the cloud-filtered day could not reach its weak tendrils. There, Ferus simply stood, eyes trained on the distant, or as distant as she could make the wolf in the caves as they were set up, wolf. The only sound was the drip of water off stone onto more stone somewhere, and their breathing echoing off the walls, resounding as loud as any 'hello' in the enclosed space.
Fresh, under cave-scent and the fox Feru still stalked. The wolf paused, ears twitching as they zeroed in on the shuffle of movement elsewhere in the caverns.
Another wolf. A more present threat to a great many things for Feru, but one she was less keen to take on than the fox. She stared into the depthless inner reaches of the caves, touched never by light but, on occasion, by the breath of their dweller. She could hide, lie in wait in the parts of the caves where she, and she alone, had the greatest advantage.
But she was still a wolf, all things considered, and they had instincts that chafed at the knowledge of another lupine on her territory. Slinking, they shuffled toward the light where the encroacher lingered.
Inside the caves, likely taking shelter from the chill or the wet. Inclement weather had driven many a weaker creature from the outside into the caverns...And into Ferus' waiting, hungry jaws.
They did not step into the light, but lingered in the shadows where the dim light from the cloud-filtered day could not reach its weak tendrils. There, Ferus simply stood, eyes trained on the distant, or as distant as she could make the wolf in the caves as they were set up, wolf. The only sound was the drip of water off stone onto more stone somewhere, and their breathing echoing off the walls, resounding as loud as any 'hello' in the enclosed space.