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The girl’s sharp eye caught movement near the water. She asked what it was, drawing Antigone’s attention toward the creatures who drank. If he had not been shown the hooved animals, he would have been at a loss. Arsenio had taken the boy through the vale and taught him the names of each prey animal. He had said that he hoped his son would become a hunter. Antigone did not have the interest of one, but he retained all of what his father had taught him.

Deer. Food, for us. My father says that there are herds that come into Epoch and that they will return if we do not hunt them often.

Antigone watched the deer beside the lake. He wondered what kind of things Arika had learned from her mother. Each wolf was different, he had found. Tamar’s knowledge was not shared with Arsenio’s. The girl might have learned something extraordinary from her parent.

What do you and your mom talk about?