Day 2
Early Morning

Allora headed into the warren in the predawn light.  She had gone out 
hunting with Shadow, he was getting big, and she felt it was time that he 
earned his keep.

If he was going to stay here, and Fluffy assured her that Shadow was not 
going to leave- he liked Fluffy, and Fluffy's human.  Shadow was turning out 
to be a fine hunter, which was a good thing, since he was large even for the 
mountain cat breed he was.

His whole appearance had a habit of scaring people who were not familiar 
with Allora and her habits.  He would lay on her feet under the table when 
she ate, and when she left, he followed.  He was literally her shadow.

At night he would sometimes sleep in her rooms, but mostly he would sleep 
with Fluffy, Which was fine, how would she explain to a potential love that 
they should just ignore the large cat at the foot of the bed.

So every so often they would go hunting for the warren.  None of the horses 
would allow him near them, so Allora would have to either carry their kill, 
or make a travois and get it back that way.

It definately kept her in shape, once or twice she had had to get Fluffy to 
come and pick the kill up, she had walked back with Shadow.


Allora had thought about it for a while.  She had heard about what T'rell 
was trying to do, granted her source of information was rather round about, 
but Fluffy had confirmed it.

{We are so good they would have to take us.}  came Fluffy's smug comment.

{We have a lot yet to learn.  Don't get cocky buster.}  Allora had no 
illusions, that, while they were good, they had a lot to learn.

She headed to Tair'ns office first, he might be there, or maybe there would 
be someone there to tell her where to find him.  He was her wing leader, and 
she should ask him before going to T'rell about joining.

"Come."  He called.

"Allora, what brings you to my office?"  He dismissed the assistant that had 
been making notes on some documents.

Allora took the seat he indicated in front of the desk, and waited for the 
assistant to leave.

"How are your hands healing?"  She asked, she had always been fond of him, 
and it had hurt her to see the state he had been in when they had rescued 
him and Norin.

"They are coming along well.  Surely you did not come all the way here to 
check up on the state of my health."  he smiled to soften his words.

"I came to ask if I could try for a position in the squad that T'rell is 
forming."

<tag Tair'n>


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Submitted by

Allora, Fluffy, and Shadow

aka Joan Fisher

I know this is short but I am going away for the weekend, and wanted to get 
her up to speed.
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