Moonsong Glacier I guess I'm doing karaoke on the 29th :/

When the girl did not answer, Dutch began to puzzle it out. She could not hear him; her ears did not even twitch in his direction. To the panther, it seemed a profound disability. He could not imagine navigating the world without hearing. Moreover, he could not imagine how the girl's parents had kept her alive through her early childhood.

He waited until they'd come to the carcass to speak again, making the gesture she had earlier to capture her attention: -hello-

"You are not a hunter," he said, his tone thoughtful. She could not, of course, hear his tone. "You say that you are something else. I did not understand. A trader? A crafter? A scout?"

He spoke these roles slowly, waiting for her to light up at one.

"A warrior?" he guessed next.