i'm gonna kill the bear

Justice had been carefully storing the herbs she'd gathered that summer with Ara that had been drying in the cool dark cave she'd claimed for herself back in the main camp. She hadn't been sleeping in the cave system since her mother died, she hadn't been able to shake the anger and hurt. Maybe now that she was finding her own way in life she would be able to forgive her mother for letting herself sink into depression and leave her children lost and alone.

But her head came up at the sound of Gwen's call, and her muzzle gaped in an eager grin. Yes! They were going after a bear! Setting aside the herbs where they wouldn't get ruined she raced for where the panniers were kept, slinging a good amount of them over her back. Stacking up the baskets like that was awkward but they were quite light when they were empty so it wasn't much of a burden. Itt was likely someone would forget theirs, so she was bringing extra besides hers and Gwen's.

Bursting out of the cave, she broke into the traveling stride of a wolf, following Gwen's fresh trail. Mile after long mile she followed, through several western lands and into the south. Finally completing the journey, she slowed at the sight of the bristling forest of spears. Dang, that was pretty intimidating. She shrugged out of the panniers a distance away where they wouldn't get wet or trampled on, and grinned at Gwen. "You ready for this?" She certainly was.