Emberwood hellbender

He reminded them that he wasn’t a very capable hunter, which prompted Masquerade to press a tooth into their lower lip. They would be perfectly happy taking point, though perhaps this would be the perfect opportunity to learn some of those new life skills from someone much wiser and more experienced.

I would love to learn more about alternative food sources, if you don’t mind teaching me. Obviously that includes carrion but do you ever have to find something else to eat, when you can’t track down any meat? Do you ever, they continued, pausing to search for the right word, forage?

Their marigold eyes began darting around the aspen woods. The trees themselves drew the gaze upward, naturally, but Masquerade focused on their immediate surroundings here nearer to the forest floor. There were all sorts of plants, including berries, fungi and likely all manner of things the yearling simply didn’t know were down there.

Perhaps Phox did. The Ulfr’s eyes returned to rest inquisitively on his battered features.