Hoshor Plains the walls

Set after his elk hunt with Beau & Ludovic! Tags for reference.

He was still bloody from his meal, and from carefully snipping the pelt away from the kill. It was soaking in the river, now, weighed down by rocks. He'd learned enough from Ajei to do this much, at least.

While Ludo rested, Valiant left him briefly with @Beau — a stand-up and thoroughly trustworthy man, in his opinion. He wanted to patrol the area, wary of those who might be drawn in by the scent of a fresh kill. He prowled through the log grasses, following his whims more than his nose until the scent of a stranger reached him.

A stranger, but one Valiant thought he must have crossed paths with before. He couldn't place where he recognized the scent from, but the familiarity of it set him at least partially at ease.

He came up on her curled before the remnants of an empty den. The sight of her was unfamiliar, but he maintained a certain sense of familiarity all the same. And her beauty — he was struck by it, in a way that made him somehow sad.

"Ma'am?" he called, his voice soft. Perhaps if he could look her in the eyes, she would become familiar to him.