when so many have died
He had an idea of the animal he wanted to hunt with the other man, because he thought it would be in abundance at this time, and hoped that he was right in this thinking. He had read that it was their breeding season, and with that brought out stupid males and flighty females. Reading about the animals of different lands was more difficult than actually studying them for himself, given that the information in the majority of the books within the Citadel were hundreds of years old -- some of their information older than the barrier that had trapped the people of the Hollowed Grounds for so long.
Hoping he was right, Noah waited on the edge of the glade for Henry, with Eira tucked into his jacket.
wait for it