The next day
Tahra yawned, her dark blue eyes blinking as was assaulted by the gentle early morning sunlight that found its way between bits of the roof. Stretching, she glanced around to see if anyone else was up and it took her a second to realize that the sun was just coming up, so of course no one else would be awake yet. Bouncing to her feet, she brushed a bit of dirt off her kimono and went outside to get the day started. Already her energy was building up, but Tahra was still calm enough to remember that she'd have to go get her own food if she wanted any, not to mention the fact that the humans would be hungry as well.
Running down to the stream, Tahra hesitated on the edge for a moment before she stepped into a shallow portion of the icy water. Tail fluffed up behind her, the little fox demon waited impatiently for a fish to get close enough to her. That didn't last long before she was flailing after the closest fish trying to convince it to come back, even though she knew it was just a fish and it couldn't understand her.
Giving up on that mode of finding breakfast, Tahra stepped out of the water and shook most of the water off of her, having gotten completely soaked when she was chasing after the fish. She paused for a moment, ears perked as she sniffed the air. A tiny smile crept over her lips as she stepped silently through the trees, pausing every now and then to listen. Finally she stopped, watching something in front of her very intently before she took off at it. The squirrel dropped the seed it had been munching on and took off as well, but not fast enough. Tahra was already up to speed, and although she had a body that was human in appearance, she ran just as fast as any fox.
At around seven, Tahra returned back to the shack bearing the fruits of her hunt. She had plenty of squirrels, some mice, and a few rabbits piled in her little arms.
"Time to wake up, everyone! Breakfast has arrived!" Tahra grinned, carefully setting down her catches by the fire.
Her pent-up energy seemed to hit her all at once as she looked around for Deirdre, didn't see her, remembered that she had gone up on the roof, and ran outside to go wake her. Scurrying up onto the roof, she practically tackled the dark-haired girl in an attempt to wake her up.
"Dei-Dei! Food! Wake up!" Tahra grinned, bouncing up and down.