Haring Straight Into a Muck-Up [P]

He smiled slightly as Ardyn backtracked, not missing the boy’s relief when he found the rabbit’s trail again. As the pup led onward, Cairo hung back slightly, watching and glancing ahead. He knew the area well, having hunted rabbits here before, and he knew they’d come up on another warren soon.

How would the boy handle a sudden immersion of his rabbit’s trail possibly being overlapped by many other, fresher scents?

The answer was that the boy paused, then looked back at him, visibly puzzled. Cairo padded forward to stand by the boy, nodding at the ground. “You won’t lose him. You know his scent, and like all wolves, rabbits are individuals. He’ll smell different to the rest.”

He doubted they would get to catch a rabbit today, but it was still a valuable learning experience for the Heir.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think