She didn't long for a place called home, instead bringing her home with her everywhere she went. The girl carried all that she needed in the pack on her back. Slingshots that she had designed for hunting, rocks, tinder, and anything else she could dream of needing. Wretch had left a few items behind, but those were not "needs" and she could come back for them later. She had trouble carrying her bow long distances, especially when she needed to shift..so she'd left it in the care of Kira and had been hunting and fishing without the aid of the human device.
Wretch pulled some dried meat from a pocket in her leather pack as she got beneath the largest tree that she could find. Rain poured down in sheets outside of her safe haven, and she watched it as she gnawed on the strip of flesh. She was looking about for a place to start a nice fire when movement out beyond in the nearby brush caught her attention. The girl backed away, yanking the sling from her pack and loading it with a nicely sized rock. Whoever was coming wouldn't catch her unaware!
Even through the rain she could hear them coming nearer and nearer. She trembled in slight fear, keeping her sling up and at the ready in case she had to do something drastic. She was working on her fighting skills, but sometimes canines were simply too big for her to take on. The loner had coyote blood in her and was normally at least a head shorter than any adversary. S...Show yourself, coward! She shouted, turning this way and that as her eyes frantically searched her surroundings.
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