Carpe - When the hunting is good... [Closed]

[misborncat]

Asato is putting the last minute touches on his blades before heading out into the snowy forest for a hunt. A bit of fowl would be nice and he could share it with Merlin if the old human was willing. Perhaps even a hare. Those were quite tasty.

He wondered for a moment if he should seek out Benjen for a hunt, but he wasn't sure if the human was available or willing.

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[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Winter can last a decade in the Westeros," Benjen murmurs. "Children born of summer have no idea what is before them."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"That is a long time to be without green," Asato says. He can't quite imagine a winter lasting so long.

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"I like the winter here. 'Tis mild compared to our own," Benjen states. "I think you would not like my home land."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

Asato laughs very softly, almost to himself. "I do not think your home land would like me either," he points out.

"My forests are nothing like this and there is not as much snow. You wouldn't like mine. So it's good that we're here."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"What would I find unfavorable in your own?" Benjen asks, truly interested in Asato's life, both here and before.

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"There isn't much snow. And the plants are very different as are the animals. There are monsters and walking trees that hunt." He thought for a moment then.

"Though the bladed grasses had finally receded into the deeper parts of the forest where they are not a threat."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Grasses with blades like swords?" Benjen asks for clarification.

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

Asato nods. "Touching them would mean the loss of whatever you had touched them with. Fingers, hands, tails. Anything. And they are hard to tell from other kinds of grasses."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"A bit like frost bite then, but makes quick work of it," Benjen nods. "Dangerous and painful." He's speaking of both situations. "Both our worlds offer dangers."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"I think that's a common thing all over," Asato points out. "Dangers are part of nature."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Some dangers are more extreme than others. From what I hear spoken by others in this place, they come from worlds where they might safely nestle in abodes far apart from nature. Tis a foolish way to live, methinks."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"I've heard of that sort of thing," he admits. "But I cannot imagine it. I've always been around nature."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Winterfell, where I was a lad, was much more savage than places like King's Landing, but I expect the entire Westeros was more of nature than many modern lands," Benjen reflects. "And the Wall is the only barrier between the wild and all below it. In some ways, our homes were similar."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"We don't have a Wall. There is a city Konoe took me to though. There were old buildings that were falling apart that we had build our own buildings on them. It was the largest place I'd ever seen."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Were you rebuilding the city or was it temporary shelter?"

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

Asato shakes his head. "Nobody knew how the old buildings were made and we couldn't repair them. Our city was built on top of it. That's what I was told anyway."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Ancient lands," Benjen murmurs. He sounds approving, as if old lands are more worthy than newer worlds without such history. "It is well met, your building upon the old."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"The elders talked about the spirits that used to live in such buildings and structures before returning to their places in the spirit world."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"In my world, the Cold Ones supposedly remained frozen in ice for years but some say they were back. I wonder if it was their spirit world as well."

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"Cold Ones?" This is new to Asato.

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"Ah, the Others that I spoke of before. They are also called this," Benjen explains.

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

Asato nods. "Oh, I see. We have the Void and the Devils to protect against."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"And here we have Morgoth and his evil wolves," Benjen remarks. He'd not take them so seriously if not for the sturdy warning by his brother. He trusts in Ned's cautions.

[misborncat.livejournal.com]

"I've seen the wolves and smelled the Evil in the hills. Different than what I faced back home, but still bad."

[first-ranger.livejournal.com]

"My brother speaks of them as very evil. I find it curious they do not attack. It does not bode well, as if they have a plan," Benjen rubs his chin.