Moonspear Hunters Moon

Elentari didn't seem bothered by Stingray's lack of experience, so he continued following her wake with a quick nod to acknowledge her advice. It echoed his own worry about the hooves, which made his guts explode with nervous butterflies.

She was so calm and composed when she darted in to nip at the doe, dodging away from kicking feet at the last second. Stingray was in awe. Once or twice he put a burst of energy into his legs — it was pretty hard work keeping up with Elentari, what with his pudge — and reached for the doe, but he was never able to land a blow for fear of getting kicked in the face.

It didn't matter. The fact he was there at all, keeping pace with the hunt leader, was enough to send the doe further and further into a blind panic. He still hadn't managed a bite when the doe went unwitting into the ambush, and when his father and Alaric jumped the doe, Ray couldn't help falling back to admire the scene.

Only when Elentari joined the swarm did he snap out of it and jump in, at last sinking his teeth into meaty doe haunch, only to learn how muscular and powerful a doe's leg really was as he was painfully jostled by an attempted kick.