By dawn the days half over

Walk | "Talk" | think

Kotori was watching dad’s every action, determined to learn all he could from their day out.  The boy would never imagine the warlord as anything but the fatherly figure he knew.  The pup continued working to follow the scent, sometimes losing it but he only needed to see where his father was moving and where his nose was pointing to have an easier time picking up the trail.

They stopped and the boy looked around at the world from his angle before dad’s shoulder and upwards look had Kotori realize his error.  They had already gone over that the animal could climb so maybe he should have looked in the trees the entire time.  Kotori may have needed help following the scent but he seemed better at finding things with his eyes once he knew where to look.  He liked finding fun things or dealt with finding the herbs so the moving splash of red caught his eye fast enough. His tail slashed through the air in joy quicker as he looked at the creature curiously.  

“Look at that tail,” the words were said excitedly but the voice kept hushed so their morning food didn’t try to flee.  Of course even if it tried to flee early they’d catch it.  “So, how do we get it out of the tree?”  Kotori imagined those cat-like claws would come in real handy about now.  Dad was huge, maybe he could just hop up and grab it?