Ways to skin a cat

Sedna appreciated Hattori’s goal of self-sufficiency, but it never hurt to have tradable goods on hand just in case, and some things were just nice to have. She had spent a few days cracking open skulls to gather a number of brains that were set off to the side in a very large turtle shell, as she laid out the speckle coated cat she had managed to catch by the runestones and tried not to think of Natha, while a small pile off to the side included freshly killed foxes and a few rabbits.

She had put the word out that she would tanning some hides if any of the hunters cared to join her, they could all share their tips and tricks, and maybe come up with a better product as a result, or maybe they hadn’t considered saving the skins before and could learn a new skill in the process. She took the blade from her tail and began to cut around the wrists of the cat, knowing there was plenty of work to be done before the sun went down on another day.

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