Alone {Caution some PG content, read at own risk}

[*Musical~Soul*]

"Which is a great relief," Christine continued, still smiling.

[Sakwa]

Erik smiled again "naturally."

Sam soon came across a deer clearing, he laid down to give the other dogs chance to catch up, hoping he wouldn't have to growl to tell them to keep still.

[*Musical~Soul*]

The dogs smelled and saw the deer almost immediately. They laid down quickly and froze, not daring to make a move.

[Sakwa]

Sam silently stood up and looked at them as if to say "wait until I've singled the target off" then he moved so that he would be able to frighten the deer away from his target, an old stag. Swiftly he bounded out of the bushes, snapping at the heels of the other deer, blocking the old stags route before giving a baying howl.

[*Musical~Soul*]

The dogs split up themselves, half continuing to chase away the other deer, the other half helping Sam take down the stag.

[Sakwa]

Sam leapt at the stags Jugular vein, and it didn't take long until he'd ripped it out. Sam howled to call his pack together before he picked up the stag by the neck and started to drag it away.

[*Musical~Soul*]

The hounds followed Sam, picking up parts of the stag themselves to help carry it.

[Sakwa]

"I believe from the howls the kill was made," Erik commented softly.

He worked to finish setting up camp before Sam returned. Cesar started to graze at the grass.

[*Musical~Soul*]

"That's what it sounds like," Christine agreed.

[Sakwa]

"Things could get a bit messy," Erik warned.

Sam lead the pack home, growling every so often through clenched teeth as he carried the kill back to camp with help from the pack to warn them not to eat any.

[*Musical~Soul*]

"I'll be careful," Christine assured Erik.

The pack followed obediently, not daring to risk trying to eat.

[Sakwa]

Once the pack had come to close to where camp was set up, aka in easy walking distance Sam dropped the neck snapping at the other dogs to get them to withdraw as Erik drew his skinning knife and set to work skinning the carcass. He glanced up as he heard a soft wolfish growl. Sam hadn't noticed it coming and in a second the wolf had pounced at Sam. He never got close as Erik whipped his Lasso out and tossed it round the wolfs neck and brought it crashing to the ground with a whimper. He dragged that to him and skinned that before nodding at Sam to say give that to your pack. He then lopped off the stags head and cut the antlers off before tossing that to the pack as well then setting to work to prepare the meat.

[*Musical~Soul*]

Christine carefully turned away as Erik beheaded the stag, not really wanting to watch.

[Sakwa]

Erik worked quickly. He himself hated doing this sort of thing but he knew it was the only way to live to keep oneself alive. He knew as he'd once had to live like this...when he'd ran away from home for 3 weeks. He shook his head to banish that thought. He didn't want to remember it.

[*Musical~Soul*]

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Christine asked.

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