Nearly everyone gave a name for the group to examination. Some were more willing and comfortable with speaking up and some weren’t. Jaden listened intently and tried his best to remember every name mentioned. Tawny was the smaller and rather shy wolf, Jace was a wolf who seemed more confidant than the others and had distinctive scars, Temo was her mate who said little but was the only wolf here with the same shade of ebony on him as Jaden, and Wretch was the only pure white wolf he’d seen in Ichika. Samantha had given her name before Jaden decided to have people meet and greet. She was the newest member of Ichika he’d met. That left the smaller grayish male who had still said nothing. Jaden glanced at him and wondered if he could possibly be shyer than poor Tawny. If that was the case then his silence was fine. Hopefully they would all be more comfortable around each other after this day.
After Wretch finished her greeting Jaden stood once more and spoke. “Good,” he said warmly with a smile directed at Wretch, “then we are all strong and ready to hunt! The deer are in a clearing no more then two miles that way,” His ebony muzzle tipped and nodded to the forest behind him. “They are grazing and we should be able to surprise them,” Jaden looked out on the group and analyzed them once again. When he was satisfied, he made a circle with one paw in the dirt beneath them. “We will split into two groups. One group will attack the deer from the back and push them toward where we are now,” he made a pushing motion with his large black paw through the closest boundaries of his dirt circle, “and the other will lay in wait for the scared deer here,” He poked on the other side of the circle. “When they come running from the clearing, that group, which I will lead, will attempt to pick off one or two deer from the herd’s outer edges. This way we will hopefully have more than a single deer between the seven of us.”
Jaden’s eyes met Jace’s, “Would you lead the attacking group, Jace?” She was the only wolf he could tell had some experience leading. “If you don’t mind, that is. The rest of you can decide whether you would like to chase or ambush.” He then turned and calmly pad his way into Phoenix Forest and motioned again with his dark muzzle for the rest to follow. “Are there any questions?”
Jaden does. "Jaden speaks." Jaden thinks.
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