Blacktail Deer Plateau Homeland

Gamekeeper? he thought skeptically, for no other reason than because he felt very contradictory at the moment. He didn't give voice to this sentiment, though, and filed away the term for later reference. Whatever the title, he knew he wanted to pursue the role. Tracking, killing and storing meat were the skills for which he was born and bred.

"Well, I beg to differ," he rejoined. "A messenger requires stamina. Not just anyone can run all over creation delivering messages. I don't really understand the practice in general, though," he added before Vires could possibly mistake him for a favorable creature. "I never understood the point of leaving the territory and mingling with outsiders, much less wasting resources conveying messages to them. What is the point?"