Hephaestus listened carefully as the hunt leader - Daegmar - spoke, giving their plan, and felt uneasy. His obsessive attention to detail was appalled by the broad, open ended nature of the strategy, but he remained silent. She assigned Gaia to be their tracker, and then to fall back and care for Hypnos (who, he supposed, was their cousin) and he felt a surge of relief knowing that at least one of his siblings was going to be out of danger.
He sniffed obediently at the ground and air, looking for a scent that might scream "bison" to him, but he'd had no formal hunt training and generally hunted from ambush rather than stalking so he hadn't developed as keen a sense of smell as he should have. Instead he followed along on Gaia's heels - he'd be no help as far as tracking but he could provide some protection if she needed it - until she finally topped a crest of a hill and there, spread out before them, were buffalo. Hephaestus studied them with interest and faint trepidation as Gaia called for the rest of the hunters. They were awfully big... and Daegmar had described them as incredibly dangerous. Was this a good idea? Gaia was sitting out, but Nemesis or Andromeda could get hurt, really badly.
He glanced around for the hunt leader Daegmar, waiting for her further instructions.
