something beautiful

Mercury had set up in the gulley to camp out for a couple days. It was a good base of operations to explore the Southern territories. It was also where he would be meeting Fern the next day. He was just considering hunting down a rabbit or two to fill his belly, when Solar alerted him that he wasn’t alone. The little black cormorant glided over the Gully and landed on his back. She made the gutteral sounds of her call, and pointed with a wing further in.

“Someone else here, eh? Guess we can check it out” he agreed, and began to trot through the flowering meadow until he caught sight of the small wolf. The white and black form was sitting in the grass, and working with something intricate. “I hope i’m not intruding” he said, as the light of the glass reflected across his eye. “Do you mind if I ask what you're working on?” He stayed standing, giving her the opportunity to dismiss him.


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