Hoi watched the smaller goblin break off a branch of something. Good. It was good to be good with one's hands. Good to be willing to work. The rotund goblin nodded one, stopping to let Emri catch up.

[b]"Hoi."[/b] Mimicking his companion's action, he pointed to himself with his right index finger, before continuing on once more. His stomach didn't ache so much now; physical activity took his mind off it. One step, two step, weaving a serpentine path around the cave. Occasionally, Hoi nudged a big rock away with his feet and snapped down, plucking a worm or two out from the moist dirt. He took them for himself, only showing Emri the way. They didn't fill his stomach, only took the keenness off the emptiness of himself.

Bigger prey was past them, in the clearing. Three strange, gelantinous creatures, crowding over a split creature. Two shared, one had a bigger half to itself. Most of the meat was gone, but there was still bone underneath. Hoi knew what this was. Leader and follower. Unequal work for unequal feed. He bared his teeth. He did not growl. Pulling off his loincloth, the only bit of rudimentary defense he had, the now-naked goblin wrapped the faded, dirtied cloth around his right foot.

[b]"Destroy the green one. Together. Hit the center, scare the blues. If they scatter, we eat. If they fight, we run."[/b]

Meat was meat, but bones were more. Another [i]tool[/i], or a bigger meal. And if they could break apart the green thing, if they could eat that too...

[b]"You go when I go. Now."[/b]

Breaking out from behind the large tree that they spied the slimes from, Hoi ran full-tilt, practically on all fours, before his clothed foot reared back and swung out to kick the jelly thing, digging into the dirt while it did. If he was lucky, the food would be kicked out and the slime would be broken into two. If not, he wasn't going to stop until he was.
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