"I can too not laugh at that!" Quinn huffed, though a grin came upon her face rather quickly. "I'll try, and sure you will. Of course." Quinn half snorted, though she got up to possibly get something for them to eat. "You're not helping the situation." Quinn said sternly, though she couldn't keep back a giggle, shaking her head. "I'm going to go hunt ... something." Quinn said, just informing Sage before she took off. She grabbed her bow and arrows, deciding to use them this time. Quinn gave a wave before disappearing into the brush, peering around. A terrible smell hit her nose rather quickly, and by instinct she threw a dagger, hearing a squeak. "Really? Did I really just .. what?" Quinn mumbled to herself, wrinkling her nose at the smell and peering around the bush. There lay a dead skunk. "Well I don't need that dagger too much, hehe..." Quinn trailed off, her eyebrows scrunching together as she tried not to breath. Thankfully the smell probably wouldn't drift to the campsite. Quinn grabbed the dagger and washed it off in a stream before walking away with a slight cough. She drew back her bow, trailing a lone doe as it wandered through the brush. Then she decided not to shoot, since the doe looked young. Quinn wandered nearer to it, following the trail back to where she could hear a herd of deer.

Sage simply giggled at the girl's comments, really sort of enjoying teasing her a bit. He nodded and waved her off when she said she was going to hunt, though he knew she wasn't exactly waiting for him to give her permission...she was already wandering off. That was fine with him ....he could build the fire up a bit more so it was nice and warm and cook for cooking by the time she got back. He smelled the skunk, though very faintly, and only because the wind was carrying it his direction. He wrinkled his nose and moved downwind before curling up next to the nice warm fire, waiting for Quinn to come back. The plant was definitely working...he felt fine really. And he just done a lot of work without anything happening.

Quinn saw the herd, smiling as she saw an older buck. She watched it fight with a younger buck and lose, which really did give her the thrills to watch. Of course not the losing, but the fight. That was a rarely seen thing, and Quinn loved to experience stuff like that. She drew her bow back again and let the arrow fly, straight and true, dropping the buck. All the others ran away quickly, leaving Quinn with the dead buck. "How... am I... doing to pull this back... a mile?" Quinn muttered to herself. She let out a piercing whistle, and Sahara perked her ears and came running. "Thanks." Quinn told the horse, giving her a pat before strapping the buck to the horse after gutting the buck. Sahara dragged it back easily, and Quinn followed alongside. She untied the ropes and started skinning it, looking at Sage. "How do you feel about venison for supper?" Quinn asked with a smile

Sage heard the whistle too, though when Sahara took off, he figured Quinn was just calling the horse. So, he settled back down to wait for their return, watching the shapes dancing in the fire. He looked up with a grin when he heard Quinn's voice in the clearing....he had heard her and Sahara coming for quite a while, since he could hear for miles. "sounds wonderful," he giggled lightly, getting up and undoing the buck from the mare and dragging it over to the fire happily, grabbing a knife and starting to skin and gut it. He'd missed doing work like this.

Quinn stepped back and let Sage do what he wanted to do, instead getting the sticks ready for the meat and making sure the fire was just right. She then conjured a couple treats from somewhere, handing them to Sahara. -They might be almost 4 years old sitting in my bag for 3 years, but I'm sure she won't be able to tell- Quinn though with a slight smirk

Sage cut up the deer happily, more than glad to be able to move around and do work, and help Quinn out while doing it. He'd missed that more than he could admit. Once all the meat was cut up, he carried it over to the sticks Quinn had set up and got the meat over the fire and cooking before washing his hands and arms off and disposing the parts of the deer they wouldn't use before going to settle down next to the fire again, watching Quinn.

(I love how your last 2 words are *watching Quinn* so it just ended with Sage staring at Quinn XD))

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Quinn took the meat as Sage handed it to her, suspending it over the fire and leaning back against a rock after it was all ready. She then glanced at Sage, her sparkling eyes meaning a tease was coming. "What are you looking at?" Quinn snorted, though she sounded amused.

(XDD...man completely adores her. More than he understands loll. Aaand he's awkward about it, as we've seen xDD)

Sage hummed lightly and grinned over at the girl when she noticed him watching her. "You," he chirped happily, really just in a good mood that he felt fine and he could do things without killing his gut. He wasn't sure anything could dampen his mood. "you're pretty," he added. Oops. He hadn't really meant to say that. Oh well, what was the harm....he'd called her pretty before, and she was pretty so ...hey, why not.

Yes, I agree completely LOL. He is very awkward about it XD))

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Quinn tilted her head slightly, an amused smile growing on her face. Sage always amused her... he was interesting. Awkwardly interesting, confirmed by his last comment. "Okkaay then, I thank you for the compliment. I would say you are handsome but you seem like you're on a roll." Quinn teased with a slight smirk, chuckling

Sage chuckled slightly at her comment and shrugged. "Well, I'll take that as a compliment," he chuckled lightly. Then he looked back into the fire to turn the meat over before flopping down onto the ground with a happy sigh

(Short were out today lol)