Little Lizard

She was always eager to bring her pups out to explore and get to know the world around them–or at least the world within the castle garden walls–but when Clove started telling her all about the creature she had spotted in the bushes that she wanted to capture she was even more excited to accompany her little girl out to do just that. Finding her children's interests and what excited them was one of the best parts of raising them and something like this showed a spark of a promising little hunter. "I'm coming!" she called after Clove with a chuckle as her daughter ran ahead and called back that she had last seen her target in a certain direction. Following behind her, she did keep an eye out among the bushes just incase it was something more dangerous than just the lizard she expected it to be, but considering they were still within the wall that surrounded the castle gardens she highly doubted it was.

By the time she caught up with Clove, she was sniffing the air, commenting on how she didn't smell anything out of the ordinary. Briar hummed and crouched down so that she was closer to eye level with Clove and started peeking into the bushes while pointing for Clove to do the same. "Most lizards and other reptiles would actually be pretty hard to find by smell," she told her, using this moment as a little lesson for her potential hunter. "They're small and fast and their scales don't give off a strong scent the way our fur or the fur of other mammals does–especially not strong enough to smell over the scents of all the flowers. Instead, look for movement in the branches or the leaves and listen very closely for any rustling or movement."

"Briar Carpathius"