Dinner time

As Drachen took the bracer and began working, Cairo, having finished the legs on his side, curled his toes, presenting the smooth tops of the bear claws in a fist and began working the fisted paw between the side of the deer and the flesh side of the hide, holding it in his teeth to keep it taut.

Releasing his grip on the hide to move to the haunch, Cairo grinned at Drachen’s question. “About… three hours? It passed pretty quickly. I was making a new best friend while I was at it.” Some of the cheer left his eyes, and he added, “Nolan was the first friend outside my own family members I made. But he’s gone, now. Fell off a cliff earlier this year.”

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