WC: 609
Niro was out by the stables, the whole day he’d been collecting wood salvaged from the cages he made an some other areas. It was all good sturdy wood, that he was going to make traps out of. He checked his sling, the egg was still nestled close to his leg, being warmed by the leather trapping in Niro’s own natural body heat. He was sure he looked weird but that didn’t matter to him. He had what he wanted now and he was going to make sure to keep the egg warm and alive. If he was to ensure his place in the pack he would have to start catching and training more raptors. It would surely help them in their own hunting. For now he would have to look at the present, and work with the traps before he thought of taking a bird out and using it for the hunts, that, he was sure was a long time from now. Once he caught a bird he’d have to train it, and that was a long process and until then he’d just use his four paws to help with the hunting.
He found a bunch of nails in a can in the stables, hoping they weren’t anyone’s he took them as they were the perfect length for the project he was doing, he found more chicken wire inside the lighthouse, he’d gone back after their first excursion and found a whole coil in a storage room. He was excited about that he knew he’d have to make another cage if everything went well, if not he’d figure out how to use it. He put the pieces of wood out and got his new knife out. He widdled the rough edges away and measured them in his own way, he opened the book on the trap he was making, it wasn’t very descriptive, but he was sure he could pull it off. He clapped his hands together excitedly and began working.
He’d hammered measured hammered and measured again, it was definitely a slow and grueling process but it was all he had to pay attention to today Orin was somewhere, hopefully not getting in trouble and hopefully with someone that would keep her out of trouble. Thinking about her made him start to worry about her. He shook his head she’ll be fine. He got back to work, he had to backtrack a little to remember where he was and what he’d done before hammering away again. After a while he sat down on the ground and took a few deep breaths, he checked on the egg again, it was safe of course, still strapped to his side, snug and tight against him. He knew it wouldn’t go anywhere for now. He looked at his work, and sighed, he was not even half finished with this thing. It was pretty big too, he’d have to move it to its destination with some help from someone, it would wait though he wasn’t going to go to a field and build it there out in the open like that. It was fine where it was now. Well he did get one side done at least, he’ll just have to do the other in a few while he rested. The smell of the stables was starting to get to him, he wasn’t use to being so close to horses unless he found one dead and even then it was quick get and go before other scavengers came around. He walked to the door to get a little air and leaned on it taking longing breaths of clean crisp air.
