-:-Aberdare-:-

He shrugged, flicking her cheek with his tail. "You'd be surprised how much up-walker food is still left in buildings. You would know, if you ever did anything but keep watch." he pointed out dully. She never went anywhere that had any chance of being a close space, end of story. Instead, she paced outside. He never knew if anything went on when she was alone, but when he came back and she was still alive, he didn't ask questions.

Shaking the thought off, he hurried down the road, making sure she was following him.

+:+Persica+:

She dropped her head, rolling her eyes at her brother. She didn't care if rodents liked grubby old food. She wanted to eat something real. Not something she could eat in a bite--if it weren't for the small bones--but something she could savor, that wasn't gone before she could taste it. She hurried, too. Maybe there would be a rabbit along the empty fields surrounding them.

-:-Aberdare-:-

Not far down the road, he saw the town he had expected. He gave up a steady speed for Persica and full-out sprinted towards the town. In moments, he was at the edge of the mass of buildings, panting. He wagged his tail. He drew in the scents of the place. Dirt, rodents.. dogs! He bounced up, almost forgetting to be quiet. He turned his head to look back at his sister, running low to the ground with her ears back.

+:+Persica+:+

When she looked back at Abe, he was gone. She pricked her ears, seeing a small cloud of dust falling away behind his small form. Glancing nervously back and forth one last time, she chased after him. Poor, impulsive brother. How instinctive must you be? She stretched her legs for each stride, keeping low to the ground, as inconspicuous as she could be.

:.Wulfund.:

The large, limp form of the dane tensed. His heavy eyes flew open. He quickly glance around the outskirts of the abandoned civilization. No one around. He relaxed, standing up and stretching. He hadn't meant to doze off, only to rest a bit. But he could never keep his heavy lids up for long, when he got that feeling in his legs from walking to long. He tested them, now. He felt less tired, but still sleepy from the nap.

:.Wulfund.:

He straightened out his posture and looked around one last time. Then he stopped. and stared. He saw a black dog, acting strange. Acting like a carrier. The thing shook and bared its teeth, a most terrifying thing. He didn't know what to do. He knew he had a wall to his back. The wall still stretched several yards either way, with only a small, untrustworthy crack on the left that of course, he couldn't fit through. Beyond that, well, it was just a maze of buildings, and all a good 15 feet apart, for the road and alleys. There was no loosing a carrier, here. He swallowed, hard.

-:-Aberdare-:-

He let his tail wag a few times back and forth as his sister caught up to him. He licked the top of her head as he turned around. This time, they didn't need to exchange words. Now, it was all a hunt. He stepped quietly into the shadow of the first building. He drew the scent of the place in, sifting through the overlapping smells and picking out the ones he needed. A dog had been here, and a carrier before it. Thankfully, they were gone, by now. He swiveled his ears as he heard something scuttling to his left. Then something bounced from a crack in a building.

+:+Persica+:+

Instinctively, she darted after the scrawny rabbit that had hopped from the cover of the dilapidated shack. Before it could turn around, she was on it. Her teeth sank into its scruff and she subdued its feeble kicks with her paw. In moments, blood sprinkled her muzzle and the furry creature was very dead. She sat up, looking carefully around, then turning to Abe. "Hungry?" she asked with a wagging tail.