Look Out!

Tokino slid along behind Inali savoring the nice views all around him which might or might not include Inali herself. She was a beautiful creature but all he felt was protectiveness of her. Much like a father protecting his daughter from other male suitors. He didn't want to see her get hurt by anyone.

His icy gaze turned to the frosty terrain. His nose constantly set to smelling anything and everything around it. Their main mission was to look for Titan who had gone missing some time ago. Tokino largely had blamed himself for the dark boys disappearance as he was usually around the pups watching them. However it seemed he really was getting older if the pups could so easily leave while he nodded off.

His nose scented two things around the same time as Inali. Wolf and deer; though one was greeted better than the other by the gray male. Kino didn't care so much for loners as he did for the deer they hunted. All a loner meant was more competition for the deer that their pack hunted. Flicking his head sideways as another unknown voice raked his ears Titan spied the loner tossing the annoyed comment towards the deer.

As Inali padded forward and questioned the loner Kino shadowed her ending up beside the woman just to look intimidating to the stranger. Though one look over the young darker girl made Tokino settle down a bit more. She would surely do no damage to Inali if a scuffle started. Though if that came to be he would surely end it, Kino decided he could wander a tad bit and sniff around some.

Padding slowly the platinum male sniffed around to the right of the two females. A few minutes later still with an ear on the girls conversation Tokino found an extremely old carcass. Most of the thing had been eaten by scavengers and the deer leg and pieces of scattered ribs left smelled more of bear than it did of deer.

Not complaining as he was old and lucky to find such a treat still full of calcium Kino began gnawing on the bones cracking them and sucking or licking out the mineral rich marrow. He continued to listen to the females while cracking on some of the bone pieces.

Tokino had his fill of calcium for the day. After a few more minutes of scrounging around he had managed to find a few more bones that could hold some nutrients within them. One leg bone in particular had caught his eye, half frozen into the earth Tokino took some time to dig it out of the snow. Hell there was even a bit of meat on the bone he currently held within his firm jaws. Casting a glance over to the women the Lagina wolf began padding closer intent on the conversation again; though not much had been said so far. He surveyed the loners actions then tossed her the leg bone that still held a bit of meat on it. She definitely needed the bit of nutrients left in that morsel more than he. Besides the little snack from before had satiated his appetite for now.

Eat it young one... Kino gestured to the loner, whatever her name was, to eat the leg bone and the frozen but edible meat upon it. Then sat down comfortably beside Inali. His eyes fell upon the deer herd wishing they actually had the time to hunt. Titan missing might be an issue, but also the hunger of the two remaining pups must also be looked to. Winter was usually easier on wolves than it was on their prey. They were built to survive the snow and catch the long legged deer in the deep snow.However this winter was particularly bad. It was stressing both the deer populations and the wolves who preyed on them. Tokino wondered how bad it would get before the herds would all but disappear from their home.

His icy gaze flicked back to the she wolves keeping an eye on the stranger and then looking around their location for other dangers. Cougar, though rare to see in Lore, would be one of those very bad dangers to come across in the middle of winter. He would make sure nothing took them by surprise.