Butterbeans and the path finder

As she descends to the lower depths, Butterbeans remembers another time she found something before Alex had known. She makes the small, difficult turn near the spot where they had hidden earlier that day. Within minutes she is much closer to her goal.

Another time she had found something important, and it had almost been lost. At the time, Alex hadn’t understood what she had been trying to tell him. It had been a long day of training and they were both tired. It was their last task for the day. One thing, and then done.

Butterbeans and the path finder

It started with her getting a new item. Butterbeans had taken the strange item with her. It had been placed on her collar. She knew it was something new, because of its smell. However, she hadn’t known at the time it was Alex’s way of seeing her when he wasn’t near.

With this in mind, it had been a game changer to learn she was being tracked, while she was tracking. Although, it didn’t feel like it at first. At first, she had been tracking the path. As she had all day. There was a host of scents available. But she was only concerned with the one they were training on. It was the focus.

However, she was picking up on another scent. Additionally, it had alarmed her. This was a human scent. Furthermore, they were injured. It wasn’t in the course of her training, however she follows the scent to check. Within minutes, she finds a lady that has fallen while hiking. Furthermore, she is a very nice lady.

Even though Butterbeans wants to return to Alex, she feels as though she cannot leave her new friend. Especially since the nice lady is injured. She is very pleasant. And Butterbeans has already grown attached to her. However, she knows she has been gone too long.

The celebration

Additionally, she knows Alex will be looking for her soon. If not already. It will take time. The nice lady may not have time. As it turns out, it did take time. But much less than it would have before the new tracking device.

Alex had found Butterbeans within the hour, and the nice lady had been rescued. Butterbeans had not even had to search for Alex. He had found her! That is when she knew the new smelling object in her collar was important. The nice lady had been okay. They met again, sometime later, at a small party. Everyone had cheered for the lady, and Butterbeans.

Now as she rounds the last corner on this path deep underground, she knows the object is still in her collar. Therefore, Alex can see her. She is glad for this. Because she has reached her destination. And this time it’s far worse than an injured human.