Like mother like son

His little tail was an excited blur when she took the gift he offered her and thanked him, calling him a mighty hunter. His chest puffed up proudly at that, feeling like a fantastic hunter that had just served a meal to a queen. He bowed his head dramatically to go along with the grander of her thanks, but even as he tried to do a graceful bow he couldn't keep himself from giggling. After that he went back to the carcass of the fawn he had killed and started pulling off more pieces for himself and for his mother until they had both picked it clean. It wasn't like the big animals that his mother hunted so it didn't take them to finish it, but he was plenty full once it was gone.

He rolled over onto his mother's paws till he was on his back across her forelegs, grinning up at her and reaching up to give her chin a lick. "Thanks for taking me out hunting, Momma. This is a lot of fun," he told her sincerely, his tail wagging like crazy again. He knew his mom was really important and had a lot of work to do so they didn't have all the time in the word to just go hunting and hang out like this, but whenever he did get a day for just the two of them he always had the best time. "What else are we gonna do? Or is it time to go back home?"

"Arcturus Fatalis"