Walk | Talk | Think
Unsurprising, the moment Glacier realized that she had finally noticed him, he walked her way. Anais felt only slightly self-conscious - how much of her hunt had he seen? - but at the same time was glad that it had turned out to be a success. It would have been so incredibly embarrassing to mess up such a simple hunt as the one she had just attempted, and even worse given how confident she was in her hunting skills. With a renewed sense of happiness and pride in her catch, she angled her chin just slightly higher as her Ferax approached her, hoping that the smile on his face meant he was as happy with her prize as she was.
In her own eagerness to see him again, she stepped forward a couple paces to meet him as he stopped in front of her, and turned her head slightly to maneuver the prairie dog she carried out of the way as he leaned in to nuzzle her. Her golden eyes closed briefly and her cheek pressed into his neck in her own silent greeting, and her smile was perhaps brighter as she drew back to stare upward into his silvery gaze. Praise. She should have expected it - did in a sense - and yet it still made her beam up at him like a child. They might have been open about their feelings for one another, but it still did not stop her from wanting to do things to impress him, anything to make him think more of her.
Though it became obvious that he already thought more of her than she had realized. Very directly, wasting no time in getting to the point she assumed he had been contemplating while he watched her, he offered her a promotion. The smiling look on her face blanked into one of surprise, and as her eyes widened she reached down to set her quarry on the ground at her paws. She licked her lips as she raised her gaze to meet Glacier's again, and feeling somewhat blindsided she tried to answer. "Me?" It was somewhat hard for her to believe. Most of the ranking positions, as far as she knew, went to family. This was an honor she never had expected to receive. "You really want me to have it?" As the initial shock wore off, her smile returned, as did the wag of her tail. A lead hunter... Oh, how exciting!
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