Sunbeam Lair well, the world might cut you down again, but you know the way back home

The ewe fell, and the earth stood silent. Merrit offered a quiet prayer of thanks - a momentary close of his eyes, a wordless move of his lips.

He turned towards his hunting companion, feeling his eyes upon him.

“Well met,” he returned with a dip of his head, and made his way to start working on the prey, “Let’s take an even share,” Merrit said, nipping at the edge of the slain ewe’s ribs. “If you are of Mereo as my cousin Kallik is, I know you have mothers and children to feed.”