Wrench might disagree with that point too; the thick of it is a perfect conversation when that conversation comes as easily as thinking. But he's easily influenced out of the combative chatter when he finds what Sandor has also discovered. They make a pretty good team. It's been a long time since he's had someone to work alongside. Even back when he had a dedicated partner, Wrench always found himself acting more like the muscle while Numbers ran his mouth. But here he feels like he can trust Sandor implicitly, and that's a big relief for a man who can't hear when something is coming up behind him especially.

They make quick work of the boars. Others are doing the same, and some of the animals are taken by the traps while still others manage to escape to complete their migration. Still, by the time everything is still and quiet again, it's a lot of meat and a lot of hide. Wrench stalks to the last one he's felled and takes back his tomahawk, pulling it from the clean shot in the animal's middle. Sandor's words appear on the beast's hide, and he's laughing even before he turns around.

I'm assuming you'll show me how to use it. Now, do you know how to skin and carve these up, or am I going to have to do that all by myself too?