"Greetings! I am SandStorm, alpha male of the SunSpirit Pack. We are Kit'lapar!" He motions towards the female. "This is DesertHeart, my alpha female." She smiles and nods. SandStorm grins again. "You must have met FalseMirage, the male who guards the pack." You nod quickly, and he nods. "False has taken protecting the pack very seriously since a while ago, when he had been sleeping, and..."
DesertHeart nuzzles him. "Its okay Sand, its okay."
He nods and continues. "Well, the pack and I had been out hunting, and we left False and another female watching the kits. When we returned, not one of the kits were still there. There was blood staining the sand, and we found the female lying still. False was huddled in a corner, shivering violently. When ever anyone got near, he would snarl and try to back up farther against the stone. We finally got him out, and he calmed down some, but he's been injured."
He falls silent, and DesertHeart continues. "Both his body and his soul were forever scarred. He has never had full use of his right hind leg, and he will not forgive himself for the losses that we suffered. He now watches the pack very carefully, and is always suspicious of everyone he does not know."
You think about what they told you, and nod slowly. They give a small smile. "We are okay now, the pack is growing, but we have decided to foster out our kits. Oasis can tell you more about that though." They smile, and another Kit'lapar trots over, her ears perked. She grins. "You called, Sand?"

She grins and turns to you. "Hi! I'm LostOasis, the watcher of the pack! I take care of the kits until they are fostered out. Would you like me to tell you more about it?" You nod, and she continues.
"Well, in the pack there are not certain 'mates', but an alpha male, alpha female, and beta male and female. The Kit'lapar have litters frequently, and usually they consist of:

Alpha and Alpha: 4 kits and up
Alpha and Beta: 3 kits and up
Beta and Alpha: 3 kits and up
Beta and Beta: 2 kits and up

She smiles. "At the moment, the pack has three males and four females. There should be a litter soon, so be sure to return!" She grins and trots off towards the quiet form of FalseMirage. He nods and they run off into the desert.
Turning back around, another Kit'lapar pounces at your feet. She grins happily and runs around you in circles. She pauses when she circles you a few times and looks up, grinning. "Visitor!!! Visitor Visitor Visitor!" She starts running around again. You watch, blinking confusedly, and sit down on a small ledge behind you. She jumps up next to you, and gives a small sharp bark. A gentle laugh comes from behind you. "Snow, are you terrorizing the visitor again?" SandStorm comes up behind her, and the female grins at him, and nods. "Yep!"

She gives a small giggle and settles down, curling her thick tail around her front legs. "Visitor! I'm SnowStreak! A Beta female in the pack!" She grins. "How are you? Do you like the pack? Isn't everyone nice???" She keeps on, not giving you a chance to answer her. SandStorm smiles and cuts her off. "Snow, settle down! The visitor still has more of the pack to see!" She nods and scampers off.
As soon as she leaves, you see another male jumping at a small desert bird.

The bird tweets and flutters its wings at the Kit'lapar, but he doesn't pay any attention. The bird flies over to you, and perches on your shoulder. It then begins to scold him. The Kit'lapar grins and pounces at it. You duck out of the way, and the bird soars upward.
"Hey! Come back! Come down here! Where I can reach you!" He goes on, jumping at the bird. He turns suddenly, noticing you. "Oh! Hello! I'm CactusSprout!" He grins. "I'm named that since I have my green paws, ear, and belly!" You nod, noticing his strange markings. "I was born this way, a mutation, I guess!" The beta male nods and grins, then takes off after the bird again.
You turn, and see a small female basking in the sunshine at the end of a ledge. She seems to be sleeping, and you watch her quietly.

She gives a small yawn and wakes up, opening an eye. She watches you for a moment, then stands, shaking herself free of the desert dust that had settled while she slept. She walks over, and gives a smile. "Why, hello, visitor. I am QuietWind, a beta female of the pack." She yawns again. "I help watch the pups, and stay here while the rest of the pack hunts." She smiles. "You are probably wondering what there is to hunt here." You nod. "Well, the Kit'lapar's diet varies. We enjoy the cactus fruit, and drink the water collected by such. We can last for quite a while with out drinking, though it does affect us if we do not get enough. We hunt the jacks that live in the desert, and some of the other small mammels, too. The jacks are a type of rabbit, almost. They have a much lighter coat, and are sand colored. They have rather large ears, though-" she flicks an ear "-not as large as some! We eat other fruits of the desert, and almost anything that is available!" You grin and nod, thanking her. She smiles, then goes over to the ledge to sleep.