“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.

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men remembered killing those creatures several times. Scars were a real nuisance. The Warriors did

of the small animal she’d caught. It was tough, but not inedible and we ate

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ones I could eat and which ones would eat

never be able to overpower others. The places she talked about resting were all at the top of steep slopes that even they would be hard pressed to reach.

her, though. Nu-reeh was showing me this for some purpose,

females. Dinah threatened them and warned them to preform

toward the end of the afternoon. We flew into the caves

matings took place in what was essentially an amphitheater. The participants took each other on in the center and any

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teeth into Master Evan and he grunted. I felt the tearing pain in

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