Snowforest Taiga contagion

Veteran allowed his brother his rant. Ensio seemed pretty proud of himself for tackling Makatza that one time, talking it up like it was some breakthrough moment where he finally decided to once-and-for-all put his sister in her place. In Veteran's eyes it had been.. just a tackle. And then he yelled at her some, while adults were restraining them both. If Ensio wanted to fancy himself some kind of hero for sneaking in a cheap shot and then yelling some things when there wasn't really any danger of facing serious harm... okay then. Veteran had the scars to show for what it looked like when someone really stood up to Makatza. 

"Well, she still seems to like you. You know, she put your name forward to lead the pack..." Veteran reminded Ensio, teasing. If Ensio had really stuck it to Makatza, would she have done him that kind of favor? 

Their conversation was interrupted as they came upon the wobbling, sickly creature. It did smell bad.. like the animal hadn't been grooming or caring for itself. It collapsed in a trembling heap. "Shit!" Veteran said at the same time as Ensio. 

"If we kill it, does it count as our first deer hunt..?" Veteran questioned. It kind of seemed like cheating if the deer didn't even run...