It wasn't until Fendros was running that he felt a sudden nervousness about leading a hunt for the first time, even if it was just with Ahnasha. Every other time, Meesei had been there as a guide as well as a leader. This time, he and his beast spirit looked forward to feeding on their prey without having to wait for the alpha to take her pick first. Ahnasha might posture to eat first though, technically Fendros was still less experienced than her and probably lower ranking. Fendros' Dunmer side pondered letting her eat first anyway, with her being his mate. The thought seemed to make his beast spirit ambivalent about it more than anything. The back and forth in his mind between his beast spirit and himself fascinated Fendros. He felt as if he would have benefited from transforming without obligations earlier.

They came across some tracks fairly quickly. Fendros slowed to a stop to sniff at them and discern the direction that the kagouti was traveling. He had gotten better at tracking in his lycan form since Meesei had started training him, and he swiftly found a heading that he confidently followed. He glanced over to Ahnasha to make sure she was still following. The beast was close. They kept moving.

The trees became more sparse as they followed the tracks. A rustling sound in the distance caused Fendros to slow to a halt again and look ahead, his ears high and listening. He raised a clawed hand to gesture Ahnasha to stop as well. The rustling sounded again, and a few hundred metres in front of them Fendros spotted the kagouti. One of Morrowind's many odd and dangerous creatures. A little bigger than his lycan form, two large tusks, and two bulky clawed legs. It hadn't noticed them yet.

A consequence of the kagouti's physicality was that its neck was not an easy place to get to without putting oneself in danger of the creature turning its head and bringing its dangerous tusks, or its raking feet, to bear. As much as Fendros wanted to test his strength, an ambush was still the first consideration. "Circle around left. I will go right. Do not let it impale you, but it can only face one direction at a time." Fendros kept his eyes on the creature, but explained his initial plan in as a quiet a tone as he could manage to Ahnasha, "If it stands to fight, one of us will try to take the creature from behind and kill it quickly." Fendros had a feeling that his words would not nearly be as coherent if he hadn't fed his beast spirit the day before. Indeed, a part of him was apprehensive that his plan would be sufficient, though that might have just been nervousness at dictating an ambush plan for the first time.