Hoshor Plains okib

because the idea of ku seeing a buffalo for the first time was too good to pass up, kek.

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pedestal.

the sun was bright upon their back as ajaw makes their way through the tall heather grasses: varying in colors of soft pastel greens and wheat golds.

the territory that ajaw and the holcans traverse now is flat, but it is the looming suntouched mountains that calls to them like a siren's song.

they are so close!

cradled in those mountains is the sacred place. this, they know. they feel it in their bones, hear it in the faint earthsong and starsong calling them there.

a loud snort draws ajaw's attention; head snapping in the burly beasts' direction. startled, ajaw takes a ghosting step back. such a massive, sturdy beast! shedding, curly fur matted along it's thick muscled back. giant boulder-like shoulders that taper into an almost humorously small rear half.

tiny horns curve from the beast's long skull.

prey, instinct tells ajaw. enough meat to feed them all for many days! good for trading, they conspire. subtly, they move, finding a rock rising from the earth to give them a better view of the beast, high above the swaying grasses.