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The daylight was starting to fade, seeping away into the darkness that heralded the onset of nighttime. Not usually a big fan of the dark, Melee did enjoy watching sunsets when she had the opportunity. So it was that instead of heading home after a long day of hiking around her pack's lands, the young female had found a vantage point from which she could watch the sunrise in a mostly unobstructed way. The girl's bi-toned gaze watched the colors of the sunset. The way that the reds and yellows and oranges painted a normally blue sky fascinated her. She wondered why the colors came out as the sun set; why before that was the sky completely blue? It was only occasionally marred by the white, gray, or even black of storm clouds. Other colors were normally absent, except as day passed to night and vice versa.
She let her thoughts about the day pool in her mind as she listened to the settling down of the pack's lands. Birds were getting quieter, the farm animals had ceased their noises, other prey animals were growing quiet. The only animal that avidly heralded the oncoming night was the owl. She could hear one hooting across the land as she sat. Occasionally she would hear something that didn't mesh with the growing silence: voices talking, pawsteps on the ground, or other noises that she associated with her packmates. Some of them might not be yet preparing for a night of sleep. She wasn't even preparing for sleep just yet; soon, yes, but not yet. Sunset wasn't the end of her day. Tonight, in fact, she had plans to head home and grab some things and then head out again. There would be enough starlight and moonlight that she wasn't worried about the darkness that would also be present.
For now, though, she was enjoying just sitting and watching the sunset. Thoughts about what she had done that day already and what she had left to do could wait.
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