at the end of the day, we're just getting started

Mochi hauled herself up on the sand of the largest island and shook out her fur. The island seemed to hold its breath against the crashing waves as she emerged, and then she heard it. Distant rustling in the underbrush, feet scampering through a stream. Her stomach grumbled and she wondered if whatever she caught out here would be full of dirt too? When was the last time she had eaten a decent meal?

Her companion forgotten for now, she lowered her head and hunched her shoulders, pausing only long enough to note the wind's direction before she set out with purpose. Ruby eyes narrowed on the squat, fat rodents... Capybara... a whole herd. She crept forward, hoping the strange boy had the sense to stay out of it, and leave her to what she was good at.

"speech"