Dinner time

Drachen’s compliment brought a humble nod and smile. Cai had been training hard since he’d realized he wanted to be a hunter as well as a warrior, and while he was highly modest about his skill, he knew a good kill when he made one.

He grinned at Drachen’s remark about the bear, having heard the story about the out of season bear that had attacked the Destiny. The meat now hung drying in one of the back caverns in the cave system, smoking over a fire.

At Drachen’s query, he chuckled, lifting his left paw and removing the bracer that encased it with clear, practiced ease, tossing it to Drachen.

As he moved the deer onto its back, he said cheerfully, “The loops should fit over your toes. The fit’s ambidextrous, so it’ll work on your dominant paw. The claws are sharpened and the loops are individual so you should have some good precision. Took me a while to master the technique, but once you have it down, these bracers are quite multi-purpose.”

He took the cuts on the legs, slicing through the tender hide of the inner legs to the sternum and abdomen and around the legs to the outside. “These are actually the first pair of bracers I ever made.”

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