Buzz Buzz

Revenant watched while his mother began to demonstrate how they would actually construct the beehives, using the pre-notched planks to interlock together to form the walls. Okay, he had to admit, that was a pretty clever trick on his dam's behalf. Now a little more intrigued by the mechanics of their construction project, Revenant moved over to the pile of lumber and selected out a few boards, dragging them back over to his base with his teeth until he had assembled enough to build the walls. He looked over each plank, figuring out how they aligned and interlocked together, then began to assemble them together. When the first notches slid together and held firm, his expression brightened with triumph and his tail began to wag. This was pretty easy! Revenant attached those connected planks to the base of the hive, then proceeded to grab one plank after another, stacking them to form the walls of the hive and locking them together securely, assembling them like Ikea furniture until he had a decent-sized hive put together.

The Klein prince rose to his paws, doing a loop around the hive he'd assembled to assess his work. He nudged at the walls with his paw, but the structure held firm. A swell of pride grew in his chest. What had begun as seemingly dull and menial manual labor had actually turned out to be an interesting and educational lesson on construction. Aliana gave her son a proud nod and a nuzzle, then directed him to the larger boards they'd use as roofs. The dire lad lifted the roof with ease, setting it on top of his hive and making sure it stayed in place. As he was giving his work one last look over, he noticed a couple of honeybees go buzzing by his head, landing at the entrance to the hive and beginning to poke about inside. Soon another followed, and then another! Rev smiled with victorious delight; the bees actually liked his hive!

"Revenant"