Patience. I was well aware that it was needed for what I intended to be and so I decided; since I had heard that Malina, the wolf Lady Daenerys had recommended I seek out as a mentor, had recently given birth; that I would myself in a sort of way instead while waiting. And now it was going to pay off. I had found a present of sorts to be given to Malina when I deemed it right to ask for my apprenticeship to her, and thus the test began; feeding the gift, making sure it was healthy, over the last three seasons it's what I have been doing. Now my small black body trots towards the rocky crags, a big juicy freshly caught vole hanging from my jaws; but this wasn't my gift, no. My gift lays hidden in a small hole in ground between the rocks that it enjoyed sunning itself on. The vole, still warm from when it was alive, drops from my maw in front of said hole as I jumped on top of a nearby rock. It wasn't long before my mismatched gaze caught sight of the scaly nose I was waiting for, slowly slithering from its den was a rather large diamond back rattle snake. I lick my lips impatiently knowing if I pounce at this moment I was more likely to be bitten rather than claim the fat body I worked so hard to make sure stayed healthy. As soon the serpent engulfed the vole I had offered it, I surged down positioning one of my cream paws to land on the back of its head so it wouldn't be able to bite, following closely were my teeth sinking into the back of its neck. it coiled and writhed for a while slowly growing more still, even after it stilled completely I didn't release my hold on it for another few minutes; after all I didn't spend all this time taking care of it to end up dead, or cause injury to my soon to be mentor. I lifted my paw, pulling the snake from beneath it; I look up snake still in mouth at the towering mountain that is my home. Quickly making my way back, I often found myself tripping on the tail end of the snake as it tangled around my moving legs. Thankfully I had left early because now the sun was nearing its highest point and I had only just made it to the foothills; I was just thankful that I had heard that Malina's den laid within the lowlands instead of higher up, for I doubted that climbing with this snake would be fun. So instead I circled around to the southern border, but since I had no idea the exact location of the den I settled for a shadow under an outcrop, and then setting my offering down let out a howl calling for the female in hopes that she would soon come and accept me as her apprentice.