Oh, he'd been making her wait, alright. But it wasn't because he wasn't there yet. In fact, Cuirass had gotten up before the sun and, after nuzzling Nissa goodbye, he made his way into the dark and toward the woodlands. He'd decided this would be a good place to training because Menkhet was big enough and old enough now to learn how to put her skills to good use. He'd been working with her on stance and adapting her fighting style. She was a quick learner, passionate but clever. At her age, he was sparring with cougars thanks to the Monster so why not? He was sure his alpha wouldn't mind teaching her daughter some useful skills. Menkhet was supposed to be the next to take over Asteraia, after all.

Once in the woodlands, it didn't take long for him to find a tree he liked and he made his way up it, climbing it with ease so that he could lay across one of the bigger branches about halfway up. He could see the entrance from Asteraia without issue from here. Now that he'd done all the work, it was time for a nap. After a good stretch and a jaw splitting yawn, he stretched across the branch and fell asleep. Of course, he'd always been a light sleeper, one of the only reasons he trusted himself to sleep on a tree branch. Any time he shifted or moved in a way that might compromise his position, he would instantly wake and re-settle himself before falling back asleep. Otherwise, he would have ended up on the ground far too many times.

It wasn't long after the sun started to rise that he caught a whiff of someone from the fields. Glancing down, he could only smirk in amusement as Menkhet herself stalked by his tree. She didn't seem to notice him, but he'd been careful to hide his scent and had rolled to get the fields off of his coat beforehand so she wouldn't recognize the pack on him anyway. She'd have to learn to do the same. She seemed to be on a mission, so he watched her with curiosity, not daring to move so he wouldn't pull her attention as she started making rounds of the woodlands. It was like she was laying down scent for someone but leading them in random directions. A trick? Perhaps she meant it for him. He didn't know of anyone else coming to meet in the woodlands. The idea made his lips twitch with humor. She had no idea.

Then she surprised him by leaping to the lower branches of the very tree he'd chosen to lay in. Of course, in his favor, the branches were full and helped cover his position. He laid particularly still so as not to shift when she made the tree shake a little but she settled on a much lower branch, seemingly satisfied with herself. He waited until she'd stretched out and made herself nice and comfortable, closing her eyes. Only then did he leap gracefully to the branch she was on and make it shake as he landed. "Boo!" He growled at her, wondering if he could startle her. Oh, what fun this would be.