[ Claude catches Thancred's hidden question - it seems to be something else they potentially have in common as a method as he so often does the same - but with a beast somewhere nearby in something that's far less hypothetical than the ever present danger of the woods, now's not the time to answer it. A mental note's made to come back to that topic before he shifts his thoughts to remembering what he and Ciri had hunted. It must be the same creature since he'd been distracted by the same mushrooms and hadn't realized they were a warning sign before her intervention. There something be something else to tell them, then -
Ah. Thancred's spotted it and the nudge calls his attention away from the trees he was scanning to follow the other man's nod. Yes, that's also familiar. ]
Have you hunted one of these before on your other trips? [ Murmured as if this is almost a secret, or maybe a ploy to keep their new friend from hearing them though rationally, Claude knows it knows they're there. ] I can't recall the name right now, but it has quick reflexes. Quite strong. One jumped my hunting partner and me.
[ Not the most informative of reports, but Claude's not one to waste time on the finer details when it's better to focus on their strategy for what's next. It'll be enough to communicate danger, he hopes, even if the calm with which he tells Thancred all of this isn't faked or for show. Too many battles and skirmishes to name means nerves stopped being a thing for him long ago.
There's more he could add, but the shape stops swinging and disappears with the barest hints of noises suggesting something's slinking through branches above them and drawing ever closer and Claude lifts his still armed bow. ]
Get ready.
[ Eyes pinned on the foliage and bow drawn, he waits until there's a fleeting glow through the nearby leaves and releases the arrow towards it. If the resounding screech is anything to go by, it was a successful shot. ]
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Ah. Thancred's spotted it and the nudge calls his attention away from the trees he was scanning to follow the other man's nod. Yes, that's also familiar. ]
Have you hunted one of these before on your other trips? [ Murmured as if this is almost a secret, or maybe a ploy to keep their new friend from hearing them though rationally, Claude knows it knows they're there. ] I can't recall the name right now, but it has quick reflexes. Quite strong. One jumped my hunting partner and me.
[ Not the most informative of reports, but Claude's not one to waste time on the finer details when it's better to focus on their strategy for what's next. It'll be enough to communicate danger, he hopes, even if the calm with which he tells Thancred all of this isn't faked or for show. Too many battles and skirmishes to name means nerves stopped being a thing for him long ago.
There's more he could add, but the shape stops swinging and disappears with the barest hints of noises suggesting something's slinking through branches above them and drawing ever closer and Claude lifts his still armed bow. ]
Get ready.
[ Eyes pinned on the foliage and bow drawn, he waits until there's a fleeting glow through the nearby leaves and releases the arrow towards it. If the resounding screech is anything to go by, it was a successful shot. ]