Silently Asahi approaches the turtle as it toddles over the leaf litter of the forest. On a mission that would inevitably be cut short. Coiling her legs, her elbow tufts just barely brush the ground she pounces on the creature! It makes a mad dash forward but her paws have already pinned it to the ground. It sucks up its limbs into its shell as her attention is pulled to the commotion by the water. She snickers privately to herself to see her brother get all muddy trying to nab his prey.
When he makes his way back to the clearing she glances down at her own catch just in time to see it clamp on the end of her tail. With a swift jolt and pull she twists its neck and the creature's life is gone. Thankfully all the turtle had grabbed was just tail fluff. She picked it up and followed Jiro back to the clearing where he was patiently waiting.
She waves her tail and nods at his suggestion. And freezes as she watches the turtle snap at his toe. She covered her mouth to hide a snickering smile, it was not very Hattori composed to laugh at one's brother's mishaps!! Even if it was pretty funny.
Jiro seemed no worse for wear and when he offered to let her show him how she cleaned turtles she cleared her throat to chase the giggles away and went to work.
With the turtle flipped belly up, Asahi placed her fore claws between the hard belly and the top shell, then braced the top shell with her back paws and claws. She pulled with all her might with her arms up on the belly to separate the belly plates and the round shell. At first, it wouldn't give, but then with a sickening squelching sucking sound the two pieces came apart in a gory mess. Leaving the reptile innards exposed and stretched between the shells.
She pulled the plates away entirely from the shell and left what was on the belly plates to the scavengers, a gift offering to the forest and other critters for letting them hunt.
She started to build a fire and nodded for him to help,
"We cook the meat and it will come off the shell easier. Tastes delicious too. We'll put the shells over the fire, add some water, and make it into a thick soup. The bowl will be ready to use once we've had our fill. Want to add any herbs and spices?" She commented and asked with a jovial smile. Her voice was actually stronger than it usually was in the bamboo. It was almost the same volume as a normal conversational tone one would use. Perhaps because she was so far away from anyone else listening, and Jiro was easiest to talk to. It was still a voice with soft and sweet tones.
Speech // thought // Nihongo
