catch up

“Getting stronger,” Rudy responded with a typical amount of positive attitude she might have once been used to.  “I think I’ll try hunting again soon.  I don’t think I can handle large game yet, but I think I can run long enough for simple things.” The coma had been too long, it had deprived him of the strength of a healthy well-muscled body.  The boy was hard-headed enough not to die from a tree and bear skull crushing into it, but the body still demanded food and exercise.

“Soon I’ll be in better shape for more serious training.  I have to get stronger as soon as possible.” Some point he and Art would go hunt down Oxx.  That wolf had to pay for his many sins to Rudy’s family.  Likely he had other wrongs to atone for considering his personality but that wasn’t Rudy’s concern now.  The wolf was a demon, a demon from their family line and it was their job to kill it. “I’ve been feeling so useless ya know?  Not hunting, not patrolling or even a hard day’s training.  So, feels good to know it's getting better.”

The boy gave Tika a grin, “Maybe next time I go on a patrol it should be with a sister, huh?” He had been going hunting at the time but it could have just as easily been a patrol.  Mostly it was just an offer for them to spend some time doing something together.  “I heard Gwyn saw a glowing rabbit.  I haven’t seen that yet but I’m sure hoping too.”

Rudyard Carpathius