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The discovery of the Roost over the mountain peaks was no easy task. Faust's paws had already been refined due to the texture of his previous...previous life, so there had been no cuts or bruises there. But his shoulders burned as he would hoist himself over the mountaintops, and then back down once more.

The valley, he would admit, was stunning. The hollows he passed as he made his descent were perfectly carved out for hidden hideaways and defenses. This could be a home. The thought bubbled in his head. And more so, the grass had been green and the encircling conifer trees even greener. There had been a lake, smaller in size than most, at the center of the Roost with river rapids tailing out of it.

When he met the bottom, there had been a masculine scent that hit his nose. Birch and pine. Almost water like.

The man was older than he was. More experienced, surely. With careful steps, Faust would begin to approach him, but his eye was caught by a traveling herd of elk. Elk with babies, and Faust realized that he had been starving.

"New to these parts?" He would ask, his posture relaxed, wanting to ask him an even better question.

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The pair of men stood idly for a moment, both of them watching the elk in a unified moment. A primal moment shared between common animals. Together, they could easily take down a calf and gorge themselves on its core. Embers crackled in his stomach, contracting, and he knew that is what he wanted to do.

"Yes." He would nod his head in return. So, they had both been new. Perfect. It would be a stupid question to ask if there had been other packs lingering around this territory, but it seemed moot of any scent bubbling around the air. It was just them, and the tempting elk on the ridge below. Unknowing, ignorant creatures that could fill their bellies with a few quick, tenacious bites.

"You hungry?" He would ask the male, his attention not leaving the herd. It would after a second to make eye contact with him. A firm understanding that hoped he would get. "I don't mind sharing."

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It was music to the furyborn's ears to put together pieces of his sentence. A mutual understanding for the time being,it seemed, would bind them for such a earnest task. Depending on how it went, he may want him to stick around for longer. If he wished.

"Together." Faust would reconfirm with his own diligent confidence. Without another word, he would take the lead and descend down the mountain at an off-angle. He would choose the route that kept them the most hidden in the treeline, and have his feet ebbed carefully as if they were walking on clouds. Silent. Silent is what they needed to be.

Luckily, their coats blended into the mountainside as best they could. While Faust's bolt of lightning of creams and gold could stick out, he made sure to keep his head firmly upright. Keeping his blonde tint out of sight.

The end of the ridge came quickly with the beat of their paws. Faust slowed himself to a halt, lowering his body into the brush. From here, they were towards the flank of the herds of elk. Spread out were the cows with their calves— hidden away were the calves in other bushes not far from their mothers. They hid them there whilst they grazed. Or when they were wary about danger.

They didn't look all that worried.

"Your pick."

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Faust waited but a moment for the male to pick out which spectacle of the herd would be theirs.

He didn't have to wait long.

Faust glanced towards the male at his flank, only a brief once over, before he'd let out a huff and a nod of his head. It was a good choice. The calf had been on the outskirts of the herd, its mother ( he assumed ) grazing a distance away from it, her back turned. There was a moment where Faust wondered if these animals had any true predators hidden in the caverns of the Roost, or if they were simply in a lofty heaven of their own blessed making.

  He didn't care all that much again once he felt his stomach rumble.

"You look stronger," Faust breathed lowly."I can go for the bite if you hold it down."

One way or another, Faust imagined the plan could work. If it meant humbling himself before this stranger, then so be it. It was a fact. He did look stronger. There weren't many other details that he thought this beast of a man would need— they'd flesh out the details once the chase actually began.

It was in his cards now, not Faust's. The minute that he would leap to his feet, he would follow.

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Simple enough, the man seemed to understand. Ossȳngagon dyni — Terrifying beast.  When his feet soared, so did Faust's. In a unified motion, Faust would subtly think about keeping pace. Together. But his focus remained on where the dyni was heading.

He is going in. Faust lagged behind, sure to not get in his way. Faust kept watch of flummering cows, attempting to get in their way. There had been only one, the mother he assumed, who made a singular attempt to charge towards his dyni, but with a snarl and snap of his jowls, she backed off in an instant, giving up on her precious creation.

And then the man the color of stone bit into the legs of the calf. It stammered, mewled for release, but Faust did not hesitate as he launched his body on it, crushing it with his weight. With a secured bite around its neck, he'd clamp down and hold himself there. Waiting, waiting, until it's breath left its chest.
 

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The calf squirmed a few more times over. Thrashing from side to side. A sorry excuse of an attempt to relinquish itself from the jaws of such a beast, a pair of them rather. The other male had it locked down beneath his weight and teeth pinching the inside of its legs. It would not escape.

The life slipped away quickly. Its breath halted and there was nothing left except a delectable meal that could be shared between them.

Faust removed his jaws from its tight clamp around the calf's neck, blood gracing his teeth. He'd shift to stand, taking a step backward. He would nod towards this comrade. Hopeful, comrade.

"Eat." He'd gesture towards the recent kill. Hoping he would accept, Faust would wait. He would wait but have his eyes on the traveling herd that didn't even glance backward once more at them. Untouched prey. The Star Mother continues to provide— but he sensed a balance at play. Avitas was playing in her shadow. A stupid mistake could have this ripped away from him. He knew that.

They would never take more than they would give.

"What is your name?" He would ask the male, his attention not leaving the herd. He must know, now, seeing the skills that he possessed.

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The mountain beast gorged himself. In a good way. It was a safe assumption that he had been just as hungry as he was, but Faust showed restraint. He would make sure this male, older male, got his share first. It was the courteous thing to do.

The name that spilled from his lips was far from any origin that Faust had been aware of. He then heard it too— a heavier accent. Their conversations, if you could call them that, had been reduced to mere words. But now, as he attempted to string a sentence together, he could hear the gruff of a foreign tongue that grazed his lips.

Prvak. Faust nodded his head in acknowledgement. "Faust."

He wondered what...what did he say? Prvi lovac, what did that mean? Faust thought better than to ask what it had meant...but his mind wandered, wandered to fantasize about what its meaning held. The beast of the Vale would let himself fall quiet once more, brushing his feet lightly against the blades of grass. With a swift move, then, he would begin to bite down on the rich, nutrient-filled parts of the calf. It was only moments before most of it had been scarfed down and his face drenched in blood.

"You should stay." Faust said unexpectedly, lifting his head, then spitting a small bone out from the side of his cheek. "Here. With me."

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For a moment, a flash of panic roared through the furyborn's blood. What if he said no? He didn't know Prvak's sides of morality— or if he had any to begin with. So when the words of acknowledgement and agreement left his lips, Faust let out a breath he did not know that he was holding.

"Guardians. Protectors that fight." He would offer to him, keeping his sentences short. He thought it was a bit odd that the man referred to himself by his own name, but it could be the fault of the language barrier. He'd shrug off the thought and keep his attention on him.

Faust would look out to the stretch of the Vale before them. It was truly beautiful. It was a place where he could imagine his home. A place where a family could be born— if he so chose to have one. All he could ever want more was his friends at his side.

"We can explore?" Faust would ask, hoping that the male would agree. If he had, Faust would do everything in his power to keep him safe, too.

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