[b]Saurians, Population: 64[/b]

"Syera, come quickly!"

The sleeping huntress jumped at the unexpected shout. She quickly reached around and snatched up her spear. She looked at the doorway, eyes wide and spear raised threateningly. Her stance relaxed when she realized it was merely one of the village youngsters. She rubbed her eyes and groaned annoyedly.

"What is it?" She demanded as she threw off the fur blanket off herself. She brushed herself off and stood.

"Syeth's h-hut, i-it collapsed!" The young Saurian stammered.

"What?!" Syera yelled. She shoved the Saurian aside and threw herself outside. She ran up the path of the village as fast she could. She darted amongst the huts until she reached the spot.

She froze at the terrible sight. The spear dropped from her hand. A large crowd began forming around the hut. There were gasps and screams in the crowd. The hut had completely caved in. Within the ruins was the dead body of Syeth. A couple of the larger hunters stepped forward and started pulling the hut off of the body. They dragged the body out and rested him in the middle of the crowd.

Syera lifted her spear and stabbed it into the ground. The head cracked, but she didn't care anymore. She sat down beside the body and placed her hand on Syeth's cheek.

"He had barely started living his life," She whispered. She wished him peace before standing. She looked around at the crowd sadly. "This can't happen again," She said plainly, "We must make better huts."

She turned and pushed her way out of the crowd, not bothering to grab her broken spear. She retreated back to her hut, not to be seen for the rest of the day.

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Sithalin stabbed the water viciously. His aim proved to be true when the water began turning a dark shade of red. He pulled the spear out of the water and studied the speared fish. Satisified with the catch, He pulled it off the head and tossed it into the crude bag they had fashioned out of leaves on the trip. He tiredly ran his hand along his fin as he stared out across the lake.

Another extra day of walking. Why were the fish moving like this? They weren't being overfished, there had to be another reason. Perhaps they would investigate the waters when they got back; They might find the reason.

Sithalin turned to the others and shouted. "Another day of this, then we go back home!"

The others cheered at the announcement before returning to their tasks. They were eager to get back home already. Sithalin was too, though his eagerness was clouded by worry for his son. He hoped Senith would be able to make it back before they did.