Go wild!

It was safe to say that Magdalene was a heavy sleeper. Sprawled out and jumbled up within the tangle of her siblings, one would not be able to ignore the snores that whooshed from her open maw. Her eyelids would flutter and paws would twitch. Clear indications that she was dreaming of something. Most likely chasing rabbits or barking at birds. Content to remain within the realm of dreams, Mags didn't stir until one by one, her mother and siblings all slipped away.

What was once a dreamy warm summer day was now a bitter and chilly autumn with dark shadows beginning to invade every crevice. The shift in temperature and the thump of Nox removing himself from beneath her was enough to stir her. Heterochromatic eyes blinked blearily, squinting as she glanced around. Where had they all gone? She lets loose a calling bark as she rolls over and up onto her paws. When someone returns her call from outside the den, excitement began to rise in Mags. Giving her body a good all over shake, dust lifting into the air around her, she wasted no more time.

Large paws scrambled toward the entrance. Sharp claws scraped against dirt and rock as her gangly limbs figured out how exactly to maneuver themselves. Pausing momentarily at the entrance with a teetering stop, nearly falling onto her face, Mags squints against the harsh light of day. A sudden and overwhelming rush of air is inhaled through her nostrils as she drinks in her first sense of outside. Surrounded by tall pines and sloping, mountainous peaks, she can't help the shiver than rolls through her whole body.

Noticing the brand new berries upon the ground cover brush surrounding the clearing, Magdalene makes her way over to investigate. Not first without stopping to shoulder check Nox on her way over, turning to blow a teasing raspberry in his face as she continues toward her target. She hesitates for a second, paws feeling and testing the dirt beneath her as she glances over to her mother. Instinctually, she wishes to ask for permission to eat the berries, but so far, she's not sure her mother cared enough to even stop her. Only one way to find out!

Quick as lightning, Mags reaches out to grab ahold of a branch full of berries. Sticking the thing nearly as far back as it can go until she practically chokes herself, the pup plops her butt down and begins to gnaw on berry, leaf, and branch all at once. The taste is bitter and tart, her eyes squeezing shut for a moment, her head giving a shake, but she doesn't stop. Nope. Not until she's told no.

Magdalene Antonis