That's a big boi

It had been roughly a week since his band had last taken down the Rhino. The same group now headed off to the same area, except his sister, Ike, had decided to hang back from this trip. Instead, they’d made a brief pit stop at the Hallows to offer to take some of their members and ended up with a shadowy wolf named Rudyard. Like the previous week, Takeshi and Grimshaw pulled large sleds intended to bring back meat on and Rudyard had been advised to bring his own so that they could split their catch into threes.

This week’s target would be a giraffe. They could run quickly and were tall and powerful, but their legs could be surprisingly weak. It would also be good practice to try a different type of animal. The group arrived at the Dragon’s Blood Grove, the boy’s nose once again twitching to try and locate a herd of the large animals. He shrugged off his sled harness, waited for the others to follow suit, then trailed after the scent markers. In the distance, he could see a small herd of the spotted creatures. It would prove more of a challenge, seeing as they were located on largely flat terrain. He paused, narrowing his eyes as he monitored each individual movement, trying to sus out which would be the candidate. Eventually, he found it.

”There’s a giraffe slightly separated from the rest of the herd that seems to be limping. That’s our target. We’ll be going in the same formation as last week but Rudyard will take Ike’s place; Kotori, Rudyard and Yaeume on herding and Magnus, Grimshaw and myself on take down, though everyone will need to help then,” he ordered, pausing to make sure everyone got the point before moving to find a place to hide out of sight until the herding trio managed to successfully separate their foe.