Aliir awoke in a panic as he caught the tree branch he was sleeping on with his tail and crossed his arms over his face inches away from the ground. He let go and rolled out onto the grass still panting. "It was just a dream," he whispered into the night sky, "just another dream.." he lulled himself back to rest before being awoken by the screeching cries of the morning bird's song.
Sitting himself up, he checked his bag and found nothing but crumbs and an empty water pouch. His stomach growled at the realization that he will have to go another day without food. Grabbing his walking stick, he found a worn out trail in the ground and decided to pursue it. If people found a need to make this path, he said as his stomach began to growl again, then surly it will lead to food. Aliir wasn't normally this vain. In fact he welcomed days before without food. But they were usually one or two days extending. Today would mark his fourth day without nourishment, and it was starting to take its toll.
The sound of a rushing brook perched his ears upward and with closed eyes followed the sound until the sound couldn't get any louder. He smelled the water looking for any searching of any impurities or pollutants, but when all seemed clear he hesitated a moment. He starred into the reflective water hypnotically until a flash caught his eyes. He smiled, "dinner" he growled. After taking his long sip and filling his water pouch, he knelt by the brook several yards from where he drank and the brook became a creek. Once he found a small pool he saw the swirling masses below skimmering and swimming below. Once he found several decent size fishes, he began to hunt stabbing into the water with silent deadly precision. His hand would penetrate the water as though extending a hand shake, but once it was inside, it curled around the fish, latched on with the claws, and dragged the morsel out still squirming. After he made a decent catch (enough to suffice for a meal) he sat down and ate, and was very much satisfied. He laid back by a tree which where he was partly in shade and in the sun and laid down for a nap.