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  1. Grinnell

    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    Grinnell had his attention fixed on the leshy. Adrenaline answered the call of his magic, singing in his veins and thundering in his chest. He wasn’t afraid -- had rarely been afraid of anything in his life -- but he was excited. There was nothing the small Venator enjoyed more than toppling a...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    They were three very grim, efficient killers. Not that Grinnell wasted his attention looking back to check on his comrades from his position on point. None of them were yelling, which he took for confirmation that they were holding up behind him. Pushing through the fog against the flow of...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    Grinnell didn't step back to join his group, keeping a loose, open triangle formation with them. He scanned the foggy perimeter, following the gathering shadows that quickly formed into wolves. The first finally came through, bounding toward Grinnell with its teeth bared. It leapt low and made...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    The valley below was blanketed in a heavy fog once again. A sign as good as it was bad. It meant their leshy hadn't traveled far in the night. It also meant that it was still just as close to the zilant's hunting territory. Herasmus took a sharp left to tread a path just beyond Grinnell's sight...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go
    Threadmarks: The Hunt Begins!

    Grinnell had risen from his rest bright-eyed and smirking. Not that either had much to do with a good night's rest, but rather his general demeanor. He sent Gottfried off to sleep and finished out the second half of the night. Sitting silently around the dimming fire, The Venator prepared for...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    The news wasn't the best. Grinnell answered it with a disappointed grumble. They would be working on possibilities -- things he didn't like, but also things he didn't have the time or means to answer now. "We will have a fight tomorrow no matter what. Our leshy isn't stopping, and we can't risk...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    His responding laughter was sudden, bursting forth like a gout of water from an upended pitcher. It was also wholly condescending. Gods, kids were great. The world had yet to break this one the way it eventually broke all of them. Venari didn't make it through life alright. He cackled behind his...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    "Ah. Well, you'll have those. No sense in letting them get you down." Grinnell shrugged. "Not every job can be as glamorous as hunting feral griffins or subduing the wrath of leshen." Like either of those prospects could be considered glamorous. Only to the dark Venari sensibility, perhaps. He...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go

    "Enlightening." He laughed. "Once bitten twice shy, kid. You'll know what it's like to be in way too deep someday, and I hope you live to never make the mistake again." Grinnell took a drink. He rested his elbows on his knees, swinging the flask just to hear the sound of the liquid sloshing...
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    Private Tales A-Hunting We Will Go
    Threadmarks: Rendezvous

    There was a heavy fog lingering between the trees this morning, the sun obscured behind a thin overcast haze. Some might have called it poor timing or back luck, but to the man walking through the forest, it was merely a condition, a factor in a greater plan forming in his mind. It was...
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