Blacktail Deer Plateau Royal bones

"A hollow branch," he echoed her, eyes contemplatively scanning the forest floor. Louder, he said, "Skinning a carcass would take more time than I feel like spending at the moment. But it's okay because I have an idea based on what you just said..."

Without elaborating, the Alpha male began to sniff around the small pack cemetery, his nose skimming along the ground. It didn't take long to find a small, slightly crooked twig. He carefully picked it up with his teeth and returned to the blackberry patch. It took a lot of time and patience — it probably would've been faster to skin a rabbit, honestly — but Peregrine managed to skewer half a dozen blackberries on the small stick.

When he finished, he glanced proudly at Blue Willow and asked, "Well? What do you think? Am I a genius or what?"