Finally she had managed to pluck the feathers and the down off the bird and began to eat the bird's flesh and muscles, crunching through the bones knowing that the nutritious marrow would be good for her. While it was a fairly large bird, she ate all of it knowing full well that another meal like this might not be available for quite some time, given that it was winter and such things were often hard to find. She made note of the area where she had found it, though, wondering if there might be more birds about before she wandered back toward the densite, leaving behind the down which had become covered in blowing snow. She wanted nice, fluffy down, not bird down that had gotten wet and become straggly.

She walked along in no hurry; her belly was full and hung pendulously, putting quite a satisfied grin on Atiris' face. She liked having a full belly, even if it was slightly uncomfortable; it made her look ridiculous and that was definitely something she could deal with.[/dohtml]

The female seemed a bit put down that her own hunt had not gone so well, and Atiris' belly felt heavy and full, making her feel slightly embarassed that she had made a successful catch while Adonia hadn't. She was only half listening to the details as she tried to root the female's name out of her memory, but clued in and answered appropriately when she finished speaking. "It's always the worst when your catch decides it don't want to be caught," She said. She fished at one of her hind ears with an idle hind foot. "Can't say I wouldn't do the same, though if I was being hunted." She said, picturing herself, for a moment, as the desideratum. "Tried fishing yet?" She asked and suddenly remembered the female's name. "The hidden grotto's got lots of good fishing opportunities, Adonia," She said, relieved that the name had finally found its way to the forefront of her mind.[/dohtml]

She tried to stifle a yawn when Adonia expressed that she'd like to go fishing with her and when she found she couldn't keep the yawn hidden she let it wrinkle her nose and open her mouth wide. It was satisfying. "'Scuse me," She said with a dopey grin. "Yup, I'll uh, take you swim-fishing, sometime," She said. For some reason her swimming session with Weldering had come to mind and she confused her words. She was getting distracted and knew what this meant. "Just give us a call," She said and licked her lips.

In the next few seconds, her left eyelid drooped, she tried to mutter something and then, quite unceremoniously, Atiris flopped forward with her forepaws curled awkwardly beneath her chest onto the ground, asleep.[/dohtml]