February 10, 2016, 02:28 PM
She nodded eagerly, muscle memory automatically serving him a significantly brighter expression than before. He closed what space remained between them, and Diane caught her breath as if steeling herself for something—but though he was near enough to touch, the only thing converging between them was their respective waves of body heat rolling off their pelts in the boreal twilight. She remembered his question, and immediately became flustered, her ears falling back and her body distractedly turning towards the faded trail nearby. Her nose gave a slight twitch, whiskers extending tentatively. "I... hmm, well..."
Diane swallowed thickly, gazing sheepishly over her shoulder at the stranger. "It's deer... I think?" she was loathe to admit her unfamiliarity with hunting large game, but the most exotic thing Diane had ever caught was probably a hare—because they did not frequent beaches. She had grown up almost entirely on fish and birds, and that was where her expertise lay. She had had deer meat before, but it had never been even remotely fresh, having had to have been carried over great distances by the Cove's Rangers; and this was not any sort of decent comparison to tracking an actual live deer.
"I'm.. well, sir, I'm afraid I'm not as competent at this as I might've... suggested," she admitted with a bashful and vaguely dismayed expression.
Diane swallowed thickly, gazing sheepishly over her shoulder at the stranger. "It's deer... I think?" she was loathe to admit her unfamiliarity with hunting large game, but the most exotic thing Diane had ever caught was probably a hare—because they did not frequent beaches. She had grown up almost entirely on fish and birds, and that was where her expertise lay. She had had deer meat before, but it had never been even remotely fresh, having had to have been carried over great distances by the Cove's Rangers; and this was not any sort of decent comparison to tracking an actual live deer.
"I'm.. well, sir, I'm afraid I'm not as competent at this as I might've... suggested," she admitted with a bashful and vaguely dismayed expression.
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A non-fiction fantasy - by Diane - February 09, 2016, 04:24 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Roach - February 09, 2016, 04:33 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Diane - February 09, 2016, 06:28 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Roach - February 09, 2016, 06:36 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Diane - February 10, 2016, 04:48 AM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Roach - February 10, 2016, 01:05 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Diane - February 10, 2016, 02:28 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Roach - February 11, 2016, 01:45 AM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Diane - February 11, 2016, 02:38 AM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Roach - February 14, 2016, 12:30 PM
RE: A non-fiction fantasy - by Diane - February 17, 2016, 08:36 PM