The boy nodded, so she went ahead with her search. Hopefully a rabbit wasn't too out of the question. If not many animals passed through, then the prey would hopefully be bold enough to investigate. She pricked her ears and listened, continuing this process of walking and checking out her surroundings. Anyone would become bored with watching her, though for the kitsune it was a heavy strain on all of her senses, attempting to keep alert and ready.
The Quiet crouched in front of her when she called to him and considered her question. The great show of gestures and expressions amused her, while he attempted to make up for his lack of speaking with the silent body language.
He put his hands together, and the small grey fox leaned forward in interest. When his thumb "popped" off and reattached, she flicked her ears and stared blankly. Inwardly, she battled between snapping at him for being foolish and trying to be nice since he was only a kid—and when she looked up at his serious face, her frustration shattered into amusement.
"That's a cute trick," she managed to tell him while laughing; as an animal, she could only show her pleasure through smiling, parted jaws, slightly more composed than a dog. "Why don't you throw your thumb over there and hope a bird's lured by it?" She nudged his leg with her head and rushed out into the grass again, praying for something to show up.
All too conveniently, a rabbit made its appearance. It had never seen a fox before, she could tell from its interested posture and erect ears. It was used to human travelers as she'd hoped, and not small beasts set on eating it. That was probably why she'd found another prey animal so soon. "Stay back, kid," she whispered quickly before creeping forward.
Selene spilled onto her side with a great flop of her long, bushy tail. Her legs thrashed outward once as she rolled in the grass; the rabbit looked on with a rapidly twitching nose and wide eyes. Her kittish antics had purpose, however; she'd watched other foxes hunt with methods like this, called charming, to captivate the prey so that they'd get within chasing distance. Sure enough, the rabbit inched forward, confused at the furry grey thing flopping around, and the fox lunged.
"Do with this what you will," Selene muttered around the fur of her quarry. She dragged it with difficulty toward the boy, dropping it at his feet and panting. It hadn't been a difficult hunt, but the rabbit was fairly large compared to her small frame. "We can wait here if you need to make a fire or something, or we can keep going and—ugh. This would be so much easier if you were a fox."
