it is the way

He was bent over a buck’s belly, making the last cuts to free the hide from belly and legs. Now he flexed his toes, nearly fisting his paw with the bear claws on his bracer presenting smooth side first as he worked the curled paw along the sides of the deer’s hide on the inside, peeling the hide from the deer’s flesh with soft ripping noises.

He was just finishing the back of the deer when Chrystal clicked her beak, alerting him before the paw steps had reached his ears. He turned with an easy grin as Rhaegara approached, brow points lifting as she greeted him. He nodded to Enito, and the Mandrill monkey took over the processing, laying cuts of meat out on the freshly removed hide, which he’d laid flesh side up.

”I do. Whatcha need? Settling in alright?”

His tone was easy and warm, questioning as he spoke, and he faced her fully, seated on his haunches and tail flicking to curl at his paws.

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