Ow.

[xp_wildchild]

1. Concussions suck.

2. Guys with tongues that give you concussions suck.

3. Getting a concussion because some guy with a tongue thinks I deserve one because of some big scary guy who looks like the bigger scarier me. Sucks. A lot.

4. Did I mention that concussions suck?

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[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

How dim?

Because I figure... if I can catch a squirrel...

A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

There are more deer than forage. They come into people's gardens and don't always run when the people come out. None of the many people and pets running around the woods on the grounds have scared them off here yet, though of course they're more out with less company.

That said, unlike squirrels, they're bigger than we are and have hooves, strong legs, and in some cases antlers. (The one in the freezers was a young buck who hadn't grown antlers yet.) I might've stayed clear, except I'd been taught how to hunt them in a pack and decided I could handle a smallish one on my own.

I did get a good kick in the ribs learning once, though. Well... glancing, actually, or I'd've been in more trouble than I was.

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Not sure if I'd be any help there or not. Hooves and antlers sound more painful then being bitten by a goat.

What's the difference between pack and not-pack hunting?

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Well. With a pack, you have more to hide (though everyone was pretty good at it -- heh, well, almost; I was learning though), but you also have help. You can go after a larger animal, or cut one away from the herd (if there is one; the deer here seem to be a solitary type). Some of the pack can keep the chase up while others go to cut off an escape route, or take a bit of a rest and catch up later, if it's something with a lot of endurance. And if one of the pack gets kicked, there's somebody else to run up and give trouble.

And it feels... I'm not sure I can explain it.

Of course, the other side is, a rabbit doesn't go so far in a pack, and you have to learn what to do and how to keep in touch without any noise, and who eats first ('tis a status thing), and....

Er...

Has anybody told you about Asgard yet? Because this has to sound a little odd otherwise.

Basically, several of us got kidnapped to a different world, which had Norse gods and things in it, and I got picked up by a giant and then the prince of the wolves ran it off, so I spent about three months with a pack of... well... really smart wolves. I probably should have been at the bottom of the pecking order (...which is a very mangled metaphor since there were definitely not any chickens involved), but they -- ah -- they were very nice to me because Hrimhari (the prince) liked me and I think I was maybe promising, for being half-grown and not experienced at all.

I learned a lot, but not how to speak Norse much, the way a lot of the others did. (I never did find out why Hrimhari knew something approximating modern English, either.)

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd be really good at attacking a deer, but running one down might work. It..

It feels like it would work anyway.

And yeah, I read back on the journals about the Asgard thing with the kidnapping and I'm still damn confused. Saw some video tape of the big party thing too..

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Just checking. I wasn't sure how much time you'd had, and... well, 'tis confusing to me, especially what some others were doing, and I was there.

Prey animals often have really good endurance, but once wounded badly, running wears them down.

I know when I attack a deer, 'tis teeth and not claws, and I think 'tis probably crucial having a muzzle at the time. For me. But my claws aren't all that sharp.

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

I read fast. Don't type fast or anything, but I do read kinda quickly. And I get bored, so I read all the way back to like, July.

My claws are pretty sharp, I guess. I tend to rip up my sheets, and I can tear up venison pretty well.. but I dunno how sharp my teeth are. Sam might know, or that green tongue guy...

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

There's having sharp teeth, and then there's being able to get your mouth around what you're biting. Claws might be more useful to you depending on jaw structure.

Anika would probably know better, I suppose?

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Normal human mouth, cept for the fangs. I'm thinking claws might be better.

Re: A lot dimmer than their cousins in Asgard. (I'm serious.)

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Sounds likely.

...Are you really thinking of trying it?