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"I try my best..." Cornelius stated. He squeezed her hand gently and turned his head to face her. A gurgling noise erupted from his stomach and he said, "Weren't you going to make breakfast? If so, instead of normal human breakfast, which takes a while to make why don't I go back and teach you some basic dragon eating."

He smirked and said, "Do you remember when you ate that deer? Well, we're going to do that all over again. I'm going to make you like that and other things like small tasty lizards or fish the size of houses."

When Cornelius stood he shook his head no. "There's a type of fish in the ocean that lives in the deepest depths. They're so big yet so deep underwater people rarely see them." Cornelius stated, "Some dragons, if they're lucky enough to be able to dive that deep can catch one or two of them in one go and pull them up. They cover large swaths of the sandy bottom on the ocean's floor though so they're big enough to be a threat to a dragon if you're not careful. Most call people them Big Blues..."

"Okay, just be careful. The drop here for a dragon, even one that is partially transformed shouldn't be that dangerous but just watch your step." Cornelius voiced with a little concern before looking of the edge and falling down the cliff head first. He had practice, so about half way down he managed to fully get transformed before gliding into the lake at the bottom with a little bit of trouble.

"Janis!" he called up to her as he raised his scaly neck to look up at her. "You try now and before we actually go hunting I think we'll need to set a quota. I'd like to maybe get fifty or sixty deer in a day so we have enough to last the week and little extra."

He paddled over to her and stepped out of the water. "I don't know how many there are in the area, but your plan might work."

He pawed the ground with his foreleg and said, "Since I don't have claws my main method of hunting is different. Usually dragons grab and gut their prey. I will have to teach you how to sit and stomp on your prey."

"You seem a bit worried about using your claws or something. I can see you flinching. When we get to the deer's lands I can show you my method and you can then decide for yourself what you want to do. It's a short walk from here." Cornelius explained.

He stood up on all fours and slowly walked out of the lake canyon and towards an open plain. It didn't take long since his feet could cover hundreds of feet in a few strides. At fifty feet tall Cornelius was more than capable of seeing many things around him. He spotted a herd of ten deer and smiled. "We're here. I'll go and show you what we need to do. It's really rather fun to use the sit and stomp method."

He walked as quietly as he could towards the deer keeping his tail lifted up into the air a bit so that it would not drag on the ground. Amazingly, none of the deer moved, but grazed on the grass around them without fearing him since they sensed no threat from him. One raised it's head up and looked at him even in the eye, but lowered its head again. Cornelius sat down gently on the grass and and curled his body around the deer to make a half wall with it to prevent them from running. Even sitting down his body was at least fifteen feet high, so jumping over it was extremely difficult if nigh impossible for the creatures. He raised his hooves over two unsuspecting deer and cast a shadow over them. Then with one quick strike he brought it down upon them crushing them.

The thudding from the impact was loud and the deer jumped up in fear bolting away from the noise. Cornelius lifted his hoove and found a pile of squished meat under it. "This looks tasty once you cook it, but a lot of it splatters all over the place with this method. It's kind of childish if you want my opinion, but fun." He said as he looked over at Janis from a distance.

Cornelius looked over at her and smelled blood coming from her direction. He saw a small bit of it covered her claws. "You're doing a good good. I suppose raking out a deer's insides is how you like to do things. I don't see how that's any less messy than my method. I don't have claws, so I have to do this."

He picked up the meat in his mouth and bounded over to her. "Canphew carry this?" He asked. dropping the meat in front of her. His movements started to make the rest of the deer run around like crazy. A few past under his legs and out of his range.

"Darn, I probably shouldn't have done that..." he noted as they hopped off to a nearby forest.

Cornelius nodded and agreed that it might be better to get a stash over a couple of days. He heard her stomach growl and said, "Are you hungry? If so you can just eat what you caught right here. Fresh deer meat is delicious, but if you don't like it raw you can get used to it over time. Dragons have stomachs that can digest raw meat."

He wrapped a wing around her and said, "You know... We've only been here a while, but I should say it might actually be good for you to learn how to eat raw meat since we may have to eat and run at some time due to cooking being slow." He was secretly worried about her Aune Diane. She had not said anything this past week about what she'd seen and he'd not heard anyone speak of spotting dragons, but he wanted to be careful.