She’d hoped he’d asked. Wolves who couldn’t pick up with subtle hints were hardly worth talking to (even if Big Buzzard was giving her plenty of fodder). Her ears pricked forward, and she waited until she’d found her new spot to speak back up – quiet now, and not just because the fish were already forgetting what happened to her brave little held. Namir leaned down slowly, oh so slowly, a fox’s smile on her face as she made sure to catch the older yearling’s gaze in her own as she hovered just above the gentle waves.
“They steal,” she whispered, smiling all but splitting her face before the wolf dove back into the stream.
Her tail lashed back and forth, and this time, Little Crow made a much faster snap. This little bass was between her pearly white teeth as she reared back, her dainty paws dancing across the stream bottom and back onto shore where she spat her catch out, leaving it to flop around for a moment or two as she glanced back over at her new companion. “Crows ‘re smart. So if it’s information an’ stuff thatcha want, well, I reckon I’m yer girl, Mister Buzzard,” she laughed, teeth like knives as she smiled again.