| 56th Day of Summer, 510 AV |
| The trees were thinning as they neared Sunberth, a coastal city. The sun was high in the day, and the air was warm, though not unpleasantly so. There was a slight breeze blowing through the forest today. The forest was silent today, except for a few birds, though there was bound to be many deer ripe for the picking. Akiva knelt beside a broken branch. Today was the day they hunted. Normally she hunted alone, but today she would teach Keorvic how to hunt. He had apparently had a bow and arrows all along, but she had never known about them. She wasn't completely sure how he hid things that large from her. Today's hunting lesson was a favor in return for him teaching her how to fish on an earlier night. She picked the branch up and examined it closely. "Someone dropped a branch. Hmm." she said to Keorvic, and tossed it over her shoulder. "Anyway, don't do what I just did, too much noise. It will scare the prey away." She crept forward through the woods, hoping that Keorvic was behind her, though knowing that he had probably fallen behind, because it was too quiet. She looked back to where she had left him, and the branch, waiting for him to catch up. She knelt again, as to not be spotted by a deer or other large game. Keorvic was new to this though, so she doubted they would catch anything at all, or at least nothing very big. He also wasn't very quiet, but she would teach him how to be, and teach him the basics of hunting. Time always passed much slower when she was hunting, as if things were going in slow motion, and only she were left untouched by it. Leaves rustled in the threes overhead, producing a wave-like sound, like the waters of the ocean rolling back to the shore. |
