By Design [Elba]

He listened with a smile as Elba chatted about how she felt about the pack so far, a grin blooming as she added that there was more going on here than in her past. That was good. He hoped to see Valhalla thrive and bustle with life, and with the planned raids with Lirim, hopefully they would gain resources enough to expand. Valhalla would some day be comparable to the Valhalla of old numbering in the seventies.

He set a newly cut panel aside on the small stack, grinning as Elba went on, announcing her intent to reach Rescue. “A good goal to reach. With how the pack works, you could even be a Dauntless Rescue. It adds some responsibility for handling fight training as well as fighting and healing together.”

He grinned approvingly as he bent to cut yet another panel from the hide, setting it on the stack and counting the panels he’s finished, glancing over the hide to be sure he had room for all the pieces he’d need.

To her question, he winked. “Sentinel. It’s kind of promised, but only if I work hard and prove myself worthy above all for the job. If I’m lucky, and work as hard as I can, I might make it by three, at earliest. But I’m expecting not to reach it till four or five years of age.”

He chuckled, then studied the hide again, cutting more panels and stacking them, before switching to the thinner areas of the hide, to be used as straps to connect the panels so that they would articulate with Lia’s movements, instead of keeping her back stiff and limiting her mobility.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think