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Eli would never in his life understand why Kell had to search so hard for a spot to piss. Even if the old hound dog was marking his territory it didn't really matter much becuase nothing out here was going to respect them anyways, out here was only the wild creatures though enough to carve out a living for themselves. None of them were all that impressed by Kell attempting to claim the land.

Of course they also weren't impressed when the scent hound tracked them down and helped Eli kill them.

Eli adjusted his hat to reflect more of the sun's glare and sighed softly. It was midday too hot to be out in the open just standing around, they needed to head back to their temporary camp for some shade and rest.

Twelve years old or not Kell's nose picked up something in the mostly still air and He was off like a shot.

Eli cursed, hefted the bag of hides he was carrying and took off after him. Honestly he had no idea what was getting into Kell in his older years but hunts were not meant to start spontaneously and it was too hot for this kinds of exertion.

Kell bayed loudly letting Eli know he was hot on the trail of whatever it was he'd found. Despite his age and the blistering heat the dark furred dog charged across the ground mounting an incline and then.. paused. Dark eyes narrowed and the dog advanced slowly on the human like figure before him, it smelled strange and the hunter bred into him was overriding the years of training that had taught him to not attack anything with a human shape.

Eli cursed again when Kell went silent, he wasn't the type of dog to do that it wasn't in his breeds nature to be quiet while hunting. Concerned both for Kell's safety and possibly that of whatever he was tracking the young man scrambled up the incline himself.

" Kell Sit " he growled as he made it top the top and spotted the poor unfortunate person who'd caught the dog's attention. He felt bad for them, Kell was normally more social than he was but the heat and the others scent must have triggered something in the dog.

" My apologies" the auburn hair man said dusting himself off and keeping a wary eye on Kell who had obedienatly sat just feet from the stranger and was well within lunging distance if he wanted to.

" Don't worry Kell's a good dog, he hasn't broken a command in years." Eli was pretty sure he wasn't going to either even if the hound was still focused rather intently on the stranger before them. The redhead chalked it up to him being one of the stranger types of those classified as human about; sometimes it was hard for Kell's mind to agree with a centuries worth of breeding in his nose which was telling him when things were and weren't prey.

" I'm Eli , who're you and what are you doing out here at this hour?" never mind Kell it wasn't safe to travel alone in these parts if you didn't have to and this kid looked like a lizard could take him without much fight.

For his own part Kell began to wag his tail in friendly manner despite refusing to take his eyes from the prey smelling man.

Eli nodded " I trained him to behave, the hunt is in him naturally he's a scent hound, however it is you smell it's appealing to him. The man looked out over the vast expanse of wasteland " Where are you going?" Chances are this kid was going to need an escort or something if it was far, there was too much that was dangerous out here for the unarmed even the nomadic tribes travel with weapons.

" Back to my camp and then downtown myself" he nodded over his shoulder to the bag he carried " I have hides that are destined to become boots." He hadn't missed Misha shudder but didn't comment on it, hide meat and bone the man made sure every part of his kills were used it wasn't like he killed for fun. Regardless they were each allowed to feel different about the subject.

He whistled sharp and low and Kell jumped out of his trance darting to Eli's side before circling around his master clearly happy to be allowed to move again.

" Marlowe's Tannery and traveling as a pack is fine." Truth be told Eli would have felt bad leaving the boy alone, he probably wasn't defenseless if push came to shove but he certainly didn't look like much and he seemed easily scared. Eli's dark green eyes looked east and he pointed to where the hill they were on sloped back down again " Camp's just over there at the bottom of the hill , I need to pick up my tent and then we can head straight back into Vargash." Wouldn't be too long of a sidetrip and they'd be in the hill's shadow once they reached the camp which was good.

Kell wagged his tail and stepped forward to sniff Misha again though there was more curiosity in the dogs eyes than killer intent this time.

" He drools a bit" Eli warned " but he's otherwise harmless"

The outer wastelands Eli knew like the back of his hand, the city not so much, he usually just followed others directions to get there, the knowledge of these shortcuts made him grateful and put the man in a good mood " lucky rabbit you are then, and I didn't eat have to take a foot" he teased lightly thinking on the old folk tale his grandfather had told him about rabbit's feet being lucky.

Kell could smell Misha's fear despite the nice pet he'd received and the hound raced ahead towards the encampment. Within earshot and eyesight of his master but far enough away that there were more pleasant scents to fill his nose.

Following Kell, Eli lengthened his stride and lead Misha across the hill and down the embankment to where he'd pitched a small tent and pit a fire pit the night before. He was pleased to see no local wildlife had torn it apart in the time he and Kell had been hunting that morning.

" If you can just give me a hand dissembling the tent we'll be good to go"