The hounds were excited, but their lead dog - a red-furred beauty with long legs and bright eyes - kept them quiet and still after a hand-signal from Tal. Well-bonded to her master, she watched him intently as he made his hunt and then the young man straightened proudly, turning towards Noah--
The gryphon's cry jolted Boreal into motion from her indulgent approval of her companion's quick, clean kill. She dropped like a stone, broad-shouldered and thickly-muscled as she was, and her pale eyes gleamed with cheerful threat as she dove beneath Eira and let loose a small jet of flame at the stag's hooves to further discourage a charge.
Tal had scrambled behind the doe's body to use her as a shield of his own before the much more effective one came down in a scintillating dome all around him. He crouched, eyes wide but knife held steady as he watched the angry stag through the veil of starlight that kept it at bay until it finally turned and retreated. Only then did he let himself sit back onto the ice and wave at Noah. "Thanks!" he called, waiting for the thunder of his pulse to subside before they got to work rendering the luxere into meat. "What d'you call that thing?"
The gryphon's cry jolted Boreal into motion from her indulgent approval of her companion's quick, clean kill. She dropped like a stone, broad-shouldered and thickly-muscled as she was, and her pale eyes gleamed with cheerful threat as she dove beneath Eira and let loose a small jet of flame at the stag's hooves to further discourage a charge.
Tal had scrambled behind the doe's body to use her as a shield of his own before the much more effective one came down in a scintillating dome all around him. He crouched, eyes wide but knife held steady as he watched the angry stag through the veil of starlight that kept it at bay until it finally turned and retreated. Only then did he let himself sit back onto the ice and wave at Noah. "Thanks!" he called, waiting for the thunder of his pulse to subside before they got to work rendering the luxere into meat. "What d'you call that thing?"
