just bearly

With Ochi having a hold of the bear's windpipe all Kotori had to do was keep the bear from being able to harm her.  He kept the bear from getting to its feet and it was quickly getting easier as the bear’s strength faded.  Eventually, it quit moving altogether.  

“There we are.  Not bad, most the areas we bit it won’t be overly obvious once it’s skinned and tanned.”  Kotori turned his attention from the bear to Ochi, an inhale of breath he scented the air, confirming all the blood was the bear’s and no wolf blood mixed in it.  

Kotori stepped over closer to Ochi, licking a bit of blood from her muzzle.  “We could use a bath later,” not that it was fully necessary but it sounded nice and they’d be passing across a perfectly good spot on the way home later.   “Valta needs more land,” a key reason they had come to this spot finally being mentioned, “I thought you might like this place?  As far as necessities of pack it certainly offers good land for easy prey and room for dens.”

"Kotori Fatalis"