"Hey," Taugadi repeated as her friends greeted her. Her smile became wider, "I'm doin' good, thanks."

Taugadi let out a sheepish laugh with a grin to match at Mteuzi's first question. "Yeah, well," she said with a shrug, "I guess I slept in again today!"

"Sure," Taugadi answered at the question of joining them for a hunt, "who're we waiting for now?... Other than me, that is." She let out another slightly embarrassed giggle.

She sat down in her spot, leaning back to stretch her front limbs. "So..." she questioned curiously after a while, "where are the boys? I'd expect at least Rashu to be up by now."