Early morning. The brush of a forest just outside of the City boundaries, shook and parted, as a fox went trudging through it. It shook its head, turning this way and that, its ears twitching at the sounds of leaves being shook by the wind. It paused, turned, and attempted to sprint off, before its neck was pierced by a single, stone headed arrow, yelping loudly, before falling to its side, its eyes held open, as life drained from its body. Brayton dropped lightly from the tree, and quietly moved over to where he had felled the poor creature. He quietly removed the arrow, sliding it all the through the exit wound, before replacing it in the quiver on his back.
The sun was dawning now, as Brayton sat upon the hillside, looking over the...