“You humans make the worst sounds of any creature we allow the men to play with,” she commented. “Now pay attention.”

We flew into the mountains. She pointed out caves and crevices hidden in the rocks. Nu-reeh explained which ones would be good to rest in and which ones would not be. Certain creatures would eat me if I slept in the lower caves. The higher caves were safer but good places were contested.

Nu-reeh swooped into a cave she could fit into and caught a thing that resembled a huge spider, she called it a Scar. I was revolted by the appearance, but stood stoically as she talked about it. Nu-reeh explained how it would sting and paralyze me. It had razor sharp pincers it would use to take me apart and store for later.

Nu-reeh killed it and one other like it that had been hiding. She then showed me where all the dangerous parts of this creature were.

“You can kill one like I just did with your claws,” she said. “If you don’t have claws a large stick will suffice, the men kill them with their swords. You must anticipate where the creature will jump. If you can destroy the eyes on the front, you will easily kill it after that.”

Nu-reeh demonstrated with a large stick how to jab out the eyes.

“They often attack in packs of two or three,” she continued to explain.

never want to turn your

was done

killing those creatures several times. Scars were a real nuisance. The Warriors did the “pest control” whenever they

me on her shoulders. She showed me how to kill and eat the flesh of the small animal she’d caught. It was tough, but not inedible and we ate it raw. Certain organs had to be avoided, they contained poison. I was made to point them out on the next one

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with me. I soon knew the names of all the creatures that lived here. She told me which ones I could eat and which ones would eat me. Should I need

the animals she showed me would make a human violently ill if they ate it and I’d never be able to overpower others. The places she talked about resting

not to question her, though. Nu-reeh was showing me this for some purpose, so

assigned to mate with a group of females. Dinah threatened them and warned them to preform well today for this group. In true male form they rose to the occasion without difficulty, a good

back with Nu-reeh toward the end of the afternoon. We flew into the caves and she took us to where my men were

each other on

to me, “how that woman did not inject venom in

Evan and he grunted. I felt the tearing pain in my

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