Observing a groundhog

Birna nodded gently in reply to the girl's question."I am indeed." Perhaps the girl came from similar lands to herself? Then again she had come across the scent of other snow leopards in the northern regions of Boreas so perhaps her kind was not as rare in these lands as she supposed.

"A pleasure to meet you both. My name is Birna. My companions are elsewhere scouting for food. I was following the tracks of a deer. If you were interested you are welcome to join me and split the kill." In these flatter lands where prey like deer had the advantage she was learning the importance of team work in making a kill. She was an ambush predator, meant for speed and sprinting over difficult terrain. In a flat out run over even ground she was hard pressed to make a successful kill.

"Have you anyone else with you or is it just the pair of you that travel?"

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