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She’d never seen a cheetah or leopard, not in person Thomas had shown her a book of cats on the plane and she reed creature with a nipped waist and enormous amber eyes in a relatively s noise? I heard that one a little while ago It doesn’t really sound like a dog, though"

"That’s a jackal" Kohana shifted his hip to the rail, folding the carpet over his arm so he could cup his hands to his mouth The i, hoarser cat call which earned a response, one of the cats echoing him

"So does this mean the leopard ants to mate will come find you?"

Kohana snorted "For all that a cat in rut can be a bit brainless, I think he’s got more sense than that"

"Do another one"

His eyes warave her a succession of calls It worked like a dog howling, setting off a chain reaction The catcalls froot more varied and diverse, a natural music thather head to take in the song As she did, she was aht close around her, a real sense of all the thingsand part of that darkness, the way nature was supposed to be The sihter, when the radio at his hip beeped and Chuh

"Do youeveryone down here worked up with your racket"

"NoI don’t want the nuisance of a runted "You’re all talk on the radio, skinny girl" But when he released the button, he cocked a brow at Elisa "They’re doing feeding and exams down at the enclosure"

"What’s m-mato, and the other word?"

"Mato is bear, and pahin is porcupine We’ll call you tuxha Bee"

Elisa smiled "I’m sorry I didn’t mean to cause a probleave her a wink "Keeps them on their toes"

"Does he rehabilitate jackals as well?"

"Not exactly Mal and the people who helped him set up this place knew they needed an environment similar to that of the different cats, to help with their rehab We have meat flown in for those in the habitat, and to supple to hunt, but we also have sa to make it as close to what they’ll experience in the wild, he also brought in the sist on thehim knoould work and ouldn’t"

"Extraordinary" She thought about the drive Hazy, tired and flustered as she’d been, she did remember soht, it was like crossing through entirely different countries"

"Mn expression turned into a scowl "Yeah He worked that out with so with"

Soer on that curious stateh He pointed to the sky instead "Can you see that ed a bit differently, but it’s a lovely ne of it"

"We’re in the Northern hes you see fro, Elisa turned her face back up to the sky "I guess I’ve been distracted by so s, I haven’t appreciated what it is to be traveling half a world away fro I’ve ever known I’ve never been much of anywhere Lady Constance met me in Perth, and sent me to school in Adelaide And of course I went to Darwin to help Lady Danny and Dev e first got the children"

"Fledglings," Kohana reht about that part Plus, it’s best not to rile a vampire for no reason"