It's a wonderful life

The island had to be the best land they’d found through their entire travels thus far.  The entire trip had felt different and brighter as he roamed with Fern across the lands but on this island, it wasn’t just Fern.  This landscape really was different in some ways than what he’d been used to on Boreas or Auster.  At Fern’s comments on the birds, though Rudy let out an indignant snort, “trust me, you don’t want to do that.  Not unless you want to ask where your pet went and why we are eating bird for dinner one night.” Obviously, it was an empty threat but then again so was her notion of taking one of these obnoxious birds home.  They were pretty but it wasn’t worth the noise.

Eventually, they come upon the Sitka deer and Fern seems to be of the same mind as Rudy.  The deer surely tasted as good as any other species they had hunted.  Fern offered him the option to choose the hunt style.  Rudy did find the chase and ambush style a simpler hunting style for efficiency but this was a hunt for more than just food.  This was a hunt to share as a moment of fun and closeness together.

“Together,” Rudyard breathed out the word, Rudyard slowly started stalking to more the right side of where the deer stood between them.  Fern would thus have the left side, it was perfectly obvious enough that she should understand it.  How many times had they hunted together now?  Rudy had lost count of that long ago.

Rudy finds himself a nice position, glances at Fern, and waits for her to find a spot that works well for her.  The two wolves wait for the right moment and as Rudy sees the deer’s head lower he rushes toward it.  There is no doubt in his mind that Fern will match the timing.  

The deer’s head shoots up and of course, takes off running.  There would be sport and teamwork in bringing the animal down.


"Rudyard Carpathius"