"Good to know you're not idle about it as some folk seem to be. I eat there too but I still hunt and roam the wood and mountains. Pays not to lose your instincts - none of us will be in this school forever so best not to let it make us soft."

He shoved the carcass over with ease, sinking his teeth and claws into the other forleg and pulling it off with a sickening tearing noise. He tossed it in Blake's direction before starting to remove the other haunch. A much slower process.

"How do the wilds here compare to your homeland? Where you lived before you were caught?"