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Ruelash was out exploring and enjoying that time just before winter when it was cold, but not horribly fatally cold. Desolate, but not hellish- Just right for him.

Direk followed, cold and none too happy about it. She had no desire to be out here, but she had even less desire to be penned up, and there were at least yummy sprouts to eat out here. That was something nice that could be said for this frozen hellhole. She snuffled at some massive tracks, not interested.

Ruelash, however, was very interested indeed. He came over, ignoring the proximity of her hooves (which trembled to beat him).
"Nice." he said, giving her a pat and a treat. She was more useful than he had anticipated, even when he had bought her- her nose and instincts had thus far shown him Parak burrows, a mammu skeleton, and a patch of hibernating tubers. And now... An awatta.
"Wait here!" he said, tracking it down.
It was not too far away: there, in the clearing just ahead, was a massive awatta. A perfectly challenging fight for him, and a great way to end his day. He flung himself from the bushes at it, taking the element of surprise to land a few bezerk slashes across its side.
Ponderously, it turned to face him, its great feet stomping the snow into slick crystal. It raised a foot, and stomped down hard. Ruelash dodged, cutting its foot, but his attacks seemed to do very little. It made a loud, resonating noise, and was answered- possibly by fellows nearby. It reared, and Ruelash dodged again as he heard the rumbling beginnings of a group charge. He didn't want to get trampled into paste, so he ran, hoping to cut the Awatta off later, but as he passed by Direk, he realized that he probably wouldn't. Oh well.
"C'mon!" he shouted to the Aldabuck as he ran, "Git yer arse moving!"

Direk, when she heard the wave of noise and vibration, was quite willing to run, and run she did, quickly outpacing the ice tribesman with her Aldabuck grace as she went back towards the relative non-crushing safety of her pen. She didn't care what happened to him- she was not stopping until she got there.

Ruelash ran until the sounds of trampling subsided. he stopped to take a breath, laughing in the echoing tundra. Well, that had been fun.