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If You Don't Know Where You're Going - Kneejerk - November 09, 2018 Some field.
Dead quiet, aside from the crows. The herds had moved on; someone else had hunted here already and drove off whatever grazed here in the process. Maybe they'd be back in a few days but likely not so long as the carcass of their fallen comrade was still around. The beast fallen and what was left of it was some big pair of ribs that the previous hunter couldn't exactly hide in any mud pool. It stuck out like a sore thumb.
Kneejerk was happy to oblige in this cleanup. It was dirty but not yet old. A few birds pecked at it, the wolf hadn't taken a strong stance as of yet in chasing them off. Actually, as eager as he was to eat it, he was more eager to entirely ignore the food while he sniffed around it.
Pacing the field a little bit and then digging up some sort of herb. It had dense leaves with a sort of fuzz over it to protect it from the harsher weather of the area. Kneejerk wasn't content until he had gotten a whole mouthful of different leafy things, munching on them awkwardly with sharp teeth before starting his way back to the rib dinner.
RE: If You Don't Know Where You're Going - Khensa - November 09, 2018 RE: If You Don't Know Where You're Going - Kneejerk - November 09, 2018 Kneejerk hadn't kept much of an eye out for others. The birds, he expected, would do that for him. Instead he chewed on leaves, only spitting out the lot of them once he was about to dig into flesh. His attention was clearly on his food, not the fellow scavengers and not the grass.
His ears perked to the sound of another. He recognized the scent as wolf, and one ear twisted with annoyance just as quick as the voice rang out with some damn audacity.
"I'm eating my--" He went to glare and was met with one hell of a beastly she-wolf. She towered over him. He had to try his best not to pin his ears back but his wide-eyed pause was apparent all the same.
Momentarily silenced, but he did move. He backed up a little from the ribs yet not so much though that he was stepping away from literally the only thing out here he could possibly have between him and her jaws.
"Your carcass..." He muttered lowly. Brows furrowed and he swallowed rigidly. He paused again, licking a leaf up from the side of his chops. He breathed in deep, composing himself before placing one paw on his side of the bones.
"Couldn't be. I mean, kinda small for you isn't it?" He declared, cocking his head as if he were curious. "Fallen on hard times?"
RE: If You Don't Know Where You're Going - Khensa - November 10, 2018 RE: If You Don't Know Where You're Going - Kneejerk - November 10, 2018 The big wolf rounded the the ribs and Kneejerk's previous stance was dropped immediately. She was unphased by his remarks and only seemed to delight in what she had before her the more seconds had passed. There was no big bones between her and him. He took a few steps back. His ears instinctively lowered.
"It's, I don't know. It's been a while since I had any organs for myself." Kneejerk admitted, nervous but earnest. "Or a pack."
Stepping further away from her, he rounded the ribs again. He was leaving his section of meat but it really wasn't like he could protect it if she ever intended in using force. Still, he was hungry enough to not go scampering off on meat. Fearful as he was, Kneejerk had a stubborn look on his face for Khensa.
"I get the birds and mice to tell me where food is. They'll trade anything for good seeds." He continued as he shrunk around the old sternum. He kept low, but with his haunches tense, ready to simply bound off if she was quick to bite. She looked like she might be the kind to settle for wolf heart, not that Kneejerk was going to ask. Instead, he cleared his throat and made a hesitant suggestion, "maybe you and I could work out a trade. We could both eat for less. Together."
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