Parties always mean mouths to feed

Ezra hadn't really expected Rudy to disagree with his plan simply because he had hunted with the Carpathius man enough times to know his style, but it was still good to go over the plan since they were also teaching little Kipling at the same time. As expected, Rudy agreed and added his own input of where each of them should focus their efforts, earning a nod of agreement from him in turn. His gaze turned toward the pup in question as Rudyard spoke to him, giving him the task of judging their hunt and giving them feedback at the end. Ezra had to keep himself from chuckling as Kipling went to protest and Rudy had to stop him with insistence that he wasn't yet big enough or strong enough for this particular hunt. It made him wonder if he'd have the will power to tell pups no if he ever had some of his own. Perhaps the motivation of keeping them safe was enough to warrant a 'no' from time to time.

Kipling did impress him at least a bit as he agreed to their plan and then brought up the idea of making a trap so it would be easier or less dangerous to catch the buck they had their sights on. "There definitely are and traps are very useful for some prey, but for deer they have to be pretty big traps to actually catch them. They're fast and jump pretty high so easier to set up traps that would just trip them up or knock them over don't usually work," he explained. "But if we had come out here ahead of time we probably could have set something like that up. For now though I think your old man and I can handle it." He gave Kipling a little grin and added, "But when you're a little older I'll bring you out and show you how to make some of those traps, alright?"

With Kipling settled, he nodded to Rudy and began to use the short, crumbling walls and over grown shrubbery of the garden as cover as he started to move around to the opposite side of the buck to take up his position in their ambush. He got to a good spot where he had an opening to rush out and cut off the deer when it began to dart off and he waited for Rudyard to appear before he made his move as well. He was prepared for the hunt to not be as smooth as some others due to the fact that it was just the two of them going after a larger target, but he was also very confident in their skills so he had no doubt they would be successful either way.

"Ezra Adravendi"