Big D laid down the rule at dawn.
"Don't hunt what's close," he said. "Hunt what fits."
He stood on a wagon in the middle of the camp, with every party leader gathered around him. Orla stood beside him, and two of Hessa's hunters had come out past the line to listen.
"You all saw what happened to Rudra," Big D said. "First night, he grabbed a bone and it turned to dust. Second night, he found the thing that matched him, and he walked away an E." He looked around at them. "So we don't waste parts. Before you kill something, you know who it's for."
"How do we know what fits before we kill it?" someone asked.
"You ask the cook," Big D said.
Ainen raised a hand from the back. He looked very tired already.
"I can taste them from a distance," he said. "Not far. A few hundred yards. But it's enough to tell you what something ends before you walk up and find out the hard way."
