Arms Full of Splinters [AW]

Slipping through the fog Pyralis let her thoughts drift and wander.  There were her pups to consider, there was also the matter of what she was going to do about Lydia.  She enjoyed having a servant around but wasn't sure that the girl was all that necessary any more.  Just another mouth to feed.  The creaking of a weight on the branches above her caused her to look up to see Alkali, her harris hawk, hanging out above her.  She dipped her head in greeting and the bird nodded back before taking off into the sky, no doubt to scout out a decent lunch for the pair.  She followed silently below, marveling at how the fog made her companion seem like a flying shadow.  Hazy at the edges, a dark shape in a pale sky.  They came to a river and as her eyes trailed up the river's course she spied a beaver dam and the source of the angry beavers was standing bright and brilliant atop the dam.  

Pyralis barked out a laugh as Alkali landed on an oak branch above her. "I send you to hunt for prey and you bring me to a fire spirit?"  She could only guess that was what the woman was.  It seemed this land was a hot spot of spirits of various kinds. "I've never seen a fire spirit so fond of water."  She moved toward the younger woman, her gait confident and smooth as she stood on the coast, eyeing the beavers.  Her head tilted to the side as she tried to decide the best way to slay these things.  They were so fat and had little neck…. not to mention they could swim.  Pyralis was a fine swimmer but she was not a semi-aquatic animal.