When Silent opened his eyes, it was darker, the waxing moons rising and crickets chirping; somewhere, a prairie owl called out. He lay there quietly for a while, secure in his mother's hold, listening with ears and mind. Then he yawned and stretched, sliding from Heartstorm's arms to have a drink at the little stream and wash his face, silent as
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She stretched out, long and lean, and mumbled, "Murrrrrrrrr..." before opening her eyes to blink at Lightstone and chirp.
Whistler brushed her leathers off, and ran a comb through her curls. Tucking the comb back into her pack, she stood just as the possibility of food was announced, making her mouth water.
She looked at Lightstone hopefully.
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She looked around, hoping others would be joining.
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"Hear that, little bird?" Lightstone said to Whistler, also packing up. "We'll soon be merrily munching away."
Silent licked his fingers, then washed his hands in the little stream and got his things as well. Wanderlust danced about, glad to be returning to the field. Sure, she was full, but hey, a few extra prairie dogs never killed a wolf.
**Diggers good?** Hardhead asked of his packmate.
**Good, good,** the omega affirmed. **Small fat tasty.**
Hardhead's tail wagged and his ears went up happily.
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The shrubbery soon opened up into a field, and the scent of small animals soon reached everyone; soon after, they could see the diggers had taken over a large area. Wanderlust almost bounced in place, so pleased to have been of use.
**There are so many!** Lightstone sent openly, quite pleased.
**Too many,** Heartstorm openly sent as well. **If we all charge pell-mell down there, we'll scare the whole lot off. We need to block off some openings and then have the wolves drive a bunch of the animals to the surface. We'll all have to be fast and sure with our hands.**
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Nipper shifted nervously under her, and she stroked the young females ruff to calm her down. no need to frightn the prey before it had to be hunted, right?
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