Aerdrie had roused earlier than usual from having slept early to find that her hawk and owl had apparently managed to catch two rabbits between them and eaten well. With that in mind, she set about building a fire to smoke what was left of the two creatures so that she'd have more food and pelts for her journey up the mountain. She skinned them with an expertise honed over decades and had butchered them, eaten, petted her birds, and felt prepared for the journey up the mountain around the time the sun set.
With darkness as her cover, she began the trek, her birds and her finally in their element to play cat and mouse with the roving orcs and other monsters as she made her way up the mountain. She easily managed to dispatch a few here and there while making slow but steady progress up the mountain. By the time morning was approaching, she'd even found a nice little stone nook to hole up in and rest while waiting for darkness to once again return. Her birds were pleased to eat rabbit for a second time.