"As Ludo wills it," he murmured solemnly in return, dipping his head at her thanks. Fox though he was at heart, killing was a matter of efficiency, to protect or feed, or to harvest those things needed for safety and life. He didn't take joy in prolonging suffering, though he also didn't use his Beastmaster ability to call animals to the slaughter.
He pushed his way through the shielding greenery into the clearing to inspect the fallen beast, kneeling beside it to rest his hand on its plumage and try to determine if he could feel the rumored magic of it as they spoke. "Healing properties of the ocean?" he asked curiously, glancing back at her. "And... where does she let you travel to?" He wasn't used to speaking of the ocean as a woman, but he fell easily into his guide's cadence as he loosened a knife from his belt and began to gut and clean the cooling ramphire for carrying out of the forest.
He pushed his way through the shielding greenery into the clearing to inspect the fallen beast, kneeling beside it to rest his hand on its plumage and try to determine if he could feel the rumored magic of it as they spoke. "Healing properties of the ocean?" he asked curiously, glancing back at her. "And... where does she let you travel to?" He wasn't used to speaking of the ocean as a woman, but he fell easily into his guide's cadence as he loosened a knife from his belt and began to gut and clean the cooling ramphire for carrying out of the forest.
