A simple dinner

Letharia’s POV

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We left the village in the direction of the forest. I was astonished at how fast it was for Aven to trap and kill a deer. I saw him smile with blood splatter on his face "I can't believe I caught him!" he laughed out of breath. He looked stunned as he wiped the blood off his forehead and cleaned his knife with a single shake. I couldn't help but laugh at his stupefaction as he hunted a deer. But I put my pride aside, the one pride I had in being slums. "Good work," I walked past him. I stopped in my tracks carefully looking back at Aven “Remember… Aspen, you’re blind motherfucker, make up a story of how you caught that deer, we’ll skin it then give it to the people as a dinner offering.”

Aven chuckled as he held the deer around his neck “I want to carry it, like a trophy of sorts, just tell them you guide my steps to getting out the forest.”

I smiled a little "Whatever."

He smiled “I’m excited.”

“You’re sweet, sometimes”, I walked with his walking stick a