Firestone Hot Springs moontooth

a bounty! "i have not heard this word before," chakliux said in a heavy, searching voice. "but i say this is what we do, what you have said. offer a bounty." his stride lengthened into a lope; he was considering this.
"a cat." the pale ears lifted and his eyes turned toward dutch. "tell me the story of tendua." it would fire his blood as they traveled, and chakliux would understand further what was meant. he had already decided that dutch should speak alongside him when they visited the strange peoples across the mountains. this sentiment would be conveyed by them both.