Blacktail Deer Plateau There's a haze above my TV

Easy's ears perked at the mention of hunting. She knew it was an important skill, of course, but mostly, she knew that it was something at which both her sister and father excelled. Easy, too, wanted to be a great hunter one day.

"Okay," she chirped, a new bounce in her step. "What are we gonna hunt? Daddy's taught me how to track things, and I'm gettin' way better! I can sneak up on rabbits, now, but I still can't catch 'em. I can catch fish, though! And crawdaddies! And once I caught a little squirrel all by myself!"

She chattered on like that for a full minute, not quite giving Kieran a chance to answer as she listed all her strengths and weaknessess. They were weaknessess, mostly, but she really was getting better! One thing she had been practicing at was knowing when she was talking too much, or too loudly. Hunting was quiet business, after all, and when Easy finally remembered that, she quickly fell silent, and glanced up at Kieran with comically wide eyes.