Unitas had a wolfish grin plastered upon his face while he looked over the trail. Iopah was quick to appear by his side while the boy mulled over how much he really wanted to be here trailing after prey or not. He was already full so he had no want to chase the big deer, but socializing with pack mates once in a while felt nice. It was why he hadn't simply wandered off yet, because Tas did not often socialize with Iopah other than when she watched Unitas and his siblings around the den. Pacem on the other paw he saw all too often, so Tas felt rather neutral to the idea of hanging with his dear brother.

Tas had barely heard Iopah speak to Pacem about their prey. He noted the information she gave with only slight interested in the facts about the animal's prints. Instead he moved away from them continuing along the path that the deer had taken. The boy was silent as a ghost picking through their brush strewn territory with ease. He kept to the shadows of the trees and bushes while following the bucks trail. One velvety black ear twitched backwards as Unitas sensed Iopah still slinking along beside him. At times she slipped behind him, but mostly the she wolf's pale gray form was at his side watching carefully.

The crunching of leaves in the distance made Unitas stop in his tracks to listen. His ears strained forward while his body tensed. The smell of deer, of prime adult buck no less, swamped his senses while the breeze drifted their direction. Tas wasn't sure if their prey had spotted them yet, or if it had heard their approach. One thing he was sure of, it had been the one making noise in the thicket. Deer were not silent creatures as they stomped through the dried leaves of their home. However even if one could hear them that did not mean you would see them. For Tas knew that they were fleet footed in the woods. Every other time he had come across a fresh trail of one in the past he had always been found out by the deer due to his inexperience. The things had always darted off never to be seen by the black pup. Tis why he had begun chasing the smaller more dumb creatures like rabbits as of late. They were an easier target than the sharp deer that shared their forested home.

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Unitas didn't keep an eye on where his brother Pacem was or what he was doing. Instead he concentrated on the location of the deer and on Iopah's voice. Her warning was noted, but like the naive youth that he was Unitas could only think ...that won't happen to me, I'm too fast... as he scented at the air. He had not gotten seriously hurt from chasing something ever in his life and today was not going to be the day that he got hurt by his prey. The boy thought himself as practically invincible.

The doe still didn't realize that they were there. A cruel smile played upon his ebony lips as Tas slunk forward readying himself for the chase. A bird high up in the trees chirped loudly in alarm causing Unitas to stop in his tracks. He fell silent and still as a the shadows of the tree trunks surrounding them. The doe looked up from its place alert for the impending danger. Tas was close enough to see her ears swivel back and forth listening for the creatures she could not yet smell or see. After a few moments the doe went back to browsing through the undergrowth. He steps forward a few more paces tensing his back and leg muscles ever so tightly until...

"CRASH!" The sound of exploding leaves to Unitas's left sent the dark lad chasing after the creature who had fled from his presence. A rabbit distracted the young Hervok so badly that he had begun chasing it instead of the doe. Then when he spotted the doe's white flag of a tail bouncing away through the undergrowth he turned and began to chase her instead of the measly rabbit. The boy was far behind though, and in the back of his head he knew that he wasn't going to catch up to the frightened deer. He was enjoying the run though, and so decided to not stop the chase until Iopah commanded it.

"Speech"

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Unitas had continued chasing the deer until it was long out of sight. He had expected Iopah to call for him or make him stop but that never happened. So when the boy became bored of running he began to slow. Eventually his paw steps ceased as the dark wolf's sides heaved for breath. He glanced around behind him and found nobody there. Once again he was alone. He heaved a sigh between heavy breaths before looking around to see where he had run to. The deer had led him to the northern border of the wolves territory. The trees grew thicker here, and the sounds of woodpeckers banging on the trunks resonated through the forest.

Not entirely unhappy with the way things had gone, Unitas turned around to wander slowly back towards where he had last saw Iopah. She would probably be angry with him, but then again was it really his fault? Every wolf would have been distracted by a rabbit fleeing from practically right under their nose. At least, that was the way Tas saw it. He didn't want to blame himself for the failed hunt.

As he meandered back through Secret Woodlands territory, Tas enjoyed the sights and smells of the forest. It was very nice out today. His senses tingled as the noises of smaller creatures crashed through the leaf litter around him. The smells of rotting wood and mold filled his nose while an owl hooted not too far off. Maybe he could find where that rabbit went. It would surely be an easier target than any deer. Though the idea of hunting in general now bored him despite the fact that prey was around. The urge to roam gripped the youth once more as he continued forth decreasing the distance between Iopah and himself. Then he stopped.

Do I really have to meet with Iopah again? It's not like she called me back... The idea of slipping across the border and looking around at the neighboring lands became much more tempting. His head turned to look into the direction he had come from as Unitas debated on what to do next.

(Unless Iopah goes to get him Unitas will probably wander outside of the territory for a while as his exit)

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