Misunderstandings, and little furballs?

[Dawali Amara]

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For some reason I had a lot of words in me for this post O_O Sorry for the length Word Count: 612 The white face before him changed as she tried to cope with the idea of hunting on two legs. The words that then came out of her mouth quickly revealed her opinion on the subject - that it wouldn't be effective enough to match four-legged hunting. This was, in a way true. On four legs you had more agility, better balance, better instincts, so to speak, to move regarding your prey - and panicking prey could easily be an agility test for anyone. This was why they'd invented their weapons, to make it possible to use the horses for transporting the meals afterward, to make it possible to do this, and other tasks such as skinning or tending the meat, without having to shift to this an that form for every purpose. It was more convenient and energy-saving to stay in one form at all times, especially when all other tasks required a certain form. This was why those from these lands hunted on four legs - they had not tasted the alternative, to have a life that was based completely on the two-legged form. That was the form that was natural to the AniWayans, perhaps with the exception of the freshly joined members, Tayui among them. His hands moved as he spoke, not fiddling with his pouch anymore. He was feeling slightly more relaxed now, as the female had not become angry at his words. She seemed puzzled instead. We've invented weapons, tools and techniques to serve us. But there is always room for one in the four-legged form among the others wielding hunting tools, as someone to - in a sense - herd the prey in the right direction, is as useful as any of the other tasks performed. It was true, and he had practiced it himself with Leland only weeks before, when they'd successfully taken down a young wapiti doe with him on four legs, and Dawali on the bow. Although, the spear was probably more effective, in a sense. It was like a large arrow, but with shorter range. Perhaps one of these fine little fur ball would prove skilled in that style of hunting - one wouldn't know until one had tried. Frowning, the female - the friend - asked him whether he would teach her family. Dawali's head tilted barely visibly to the side and back again as he was mildly surprised at this - did she think it was the privilege of few? In the circle of friends and family that AniWaya formed, it was only natural that everyone shared to everyone their pools of knowledge. And Dawali himself knew very little on techniques to do .. well anything, on four legs, except run and walk. He'd tried fishing once, but that had been an extreme failure. You and they are as entitled to learning everything you may wish to learn from us - as any other member, new or old. Many of us "old" AniWayans have extremely lacking knowledge on how to hunt in the four-legged form. I'm sure both sides would benefit if we exchanged knowledge! His two first fingers on each hand moved on each side of his head as he spoke the word "old", making it clear that he did not mean it in the literal sense of the word - even though he did truly feel as if he was amongst the oldies of the tribe. After completing his sentence, Dawali smiled to his friend, now relaxed again. He would slowly realize, perhaps, that this woman was not the kind that got very easily red with anger. She certainly did seem like calmness itself compared to some women he'd known.

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