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Nodding lightly, Maelthra waited a few moments, trying to think of what he should go after exactly. He wasn't quite hungry enough to go after a deer, so he decided that he'll hunt around for some rabbits.

"Yeah, so I'll be back with my food," he said with a soft smile.

While he didn't want to leave her when she just got back home, he knew they'd be able to spend some quality time fairly soon. And quite frankly, he couldn't wait until he could take her into the sky with him and let her experience flight. It might quite feel the same as if she were flying on her own, but he hoped that it would still prove to be a great experience.

"What are you going to do while I'm out?"

"That sounds nice. Well whatever you do, I hope you enjoy it.. I'll be back soon Amuriel."

Smiling, Maelthra nodded before making his way out. He was going to be hunting from the ground this time, since he found it a little easier to be going after rabbits and other small prey on land than it is from the air. Still, he probably needed to use his powers to some extent since the rabbits could menuever much better through the forest than he could due to size.

While he was some distance away, he just began to imagine Amuriel swimming peacefully in the water in he elven form. The thought of it would have made him fluster slightly had he been in his own humanoid form. As mentioned before, her beauty just never ceased to captivate him. And while he thought of this, he just hoped that she wouldn't tire herself out while swimming..

I dont' know what I'd do if I ever lost her...

While strolling through the forest in a fairly alert state, Maelthra continued to think about Amuriel, wonder how she was doing with her swim. He also wondered if she was tending to her garden at all. A smile came to his face from the thought of his companion enjoying her time at their den peacefully.

During this, the corner of his eyes caught some movement on a tree. Two squirrels were scampering around in the distance was what he saw when he focused on them. It wasn't exactly what he was hoping to find, but he didn't mind having a couple of squirrels for dinner. Not too much for an elder, but having eaten quite a bit the day before, he just wasn't too hungry in general right now. So the elder stayed still and eyed the two critters from afar.

Concentrating on their location and as they moved, he created one fireball in midair before launching it quickly at the rodents. Just as he did this, he quickly began to run forward and focused more in case he had missed. And indeed, he did miss to some extent. One squirrel managed to get away from teh fireball that almost seemed to explode with flames upon impact. The other got burnt in its flank, causing it to fall with its injury.

More fireballs flew around as Maelthra tried to basically shoot down his prey, and he eventually succeeded. Panting lightly as the use of having to use his powers on the go like that constantly was a little draining for him, he lightly picked up the scorched bodies of the squirrels and began heading home.

A little later, Maelthra came walking back to their home, gently placing his prey onto the floor momentarily before looking over into the lake to see Amuriel floating against the bank, apparently asleep.

With a smile, he quietly stepped over by her and sat down beside her. Again he just watched her for some time, reluctant to wake her up since she seemed so peaceful napping like that. But in a little while, he leaned over and gently nudged her with his muzzle, feeling something warm from within as he practically nuzzled her like that.

After doing so, he sat back again and continued to watch her.

"Yes it did.. In just a little longer, I'll be able to take you into the sky..."

Smiling at the thought, he watched her a little longer before moving over by his kills. They were already charred enough that he didn't need to cook them a whole lot if at all so he just shifted forms quickly to first try and skin them with his new bone dagger. He wasn't sure if one was enough to make the lid to their ice-box, so he wanted to get the hides off of both of them. If one really was enough, then he figured he could use it for something else later on.

"Did you have a good time here?" he asked as he worked at the squirrels' hides.

Pausing as he skinned the squirrels, he glanced at his bone knife and made a mental note to make it sharper when he had the chance. As he began to work at the hides again, he smiled softly as he listened to Amuriel, nodding lightly to what she had to say.

"That sounds really nice.. I'm glad you got to refresh yourself after being out foraging today."

Glancing up, he saw her checking on her little garden, probably seeing how healthy her current crops were at that time. As he watched her, a small thought came to him.

"Hm... next time I go out hunting... if I managed to come across some deer droppings.. would you like me to bring it back for fertilizer?"

The term Amuriel used for her plants had made Maelthra tilt his head slightly. It was almost like she was referring to puppies or some other young creature instead of some young plants.

"ALright, I'll keep that in mind for my next outing. As for what I got, it's just a couple of squirrels... Damaged some of the trees I got them at, but they should be fine still for the most part.."

Thinking back to when he had finished taking down the second squirrel, he just remembered leaving several charred branches and bushes in that area. With a bit of a nervous chuckle, he tossed the squirrel hides off to the side before cleaning the bone dagger and shifting forms so that he could eat. If he had some eating utensils, it would have been easier to eat the small creatures in his elven form, but that was quite the case, so he just placed himself down before them and started to carefully eat his fresh meal.