Bitterroot Valley cauldrons

wow no its my bad! <33

"lestan. and y-yes, they're all over. i th-think they came from across the mountains, headed into the t-taiga. there's so m-many of them; they don't st-stop coming."
a few paces forward invited this cassius along. "they're harder to h-hunt, they're h-heavier, and more l-lethal with the antlers. but more than d-decent eating." tail wagged merrily, and for a time lestan was quiet, only watching them and adjusting to the stranger's presence.
"i prefer to observe herds, i th-think. i — am c-cursed not to enjoy h-hunting the larger creatures," he chuckled a bit.