Kang handed Aurican a rag to clean up with, unfazed by the sight of that much blood. The smell was far from pleasant, though, and he wrinkled his nose slightly. "Most likely. Would have been nice if it were a hunting party with a fresh kill for us."

An hour or two passed with idle conversation about their lives in Exsilium and everything they'd been up to. Just as he was adding another log to the fire, he heard a faint noise from the back of the cave; his head immediately shot, and he peered into the darkness, unable to see any heat signatures with his proximity to the light from the fire.

It was probably nothing.