Eventful happenings back home, just when I’m swamped with my own workload. This means I have to hear everything secondhand from my bridesmaids, Fiona and Corrie.
With her broken tibia, Kell was unable to meet her prey quota which put her job at risk. Kell had no other options, so she agreed to have Sheila disguise herself and go out hunting in her place. (The disguise was important, as Herd Thinners has informants planted all over The Wild to ensure that their predators follow company policy. The informants are prey that had been caught and allowed to return for that purpose.) Sheila tried to hunt by taking directions from Kell via cell phone, but it wasn’t effective.
Instead she found her boyfriend Frank Mangle who saw through the disguise immediately. (They obviously have become close!) Frank confessed that the reason he has despised Kell all these years was because she once chased him up a tree when they were little. Except...it wasn’t Kell who did that. Sheila admitted it was her.
Faced with seeing the incident in a new light, Frank realized how juvenile it was for him to hold a grudge that long. That issue was resolved, but there was still the problem of finding prey weeks before the herds were scheduled to arrive.
Unexpectedly, they came early. Unlike some parts of the country, the weather has been warm here and the herds thundered over the hills just in time for all the predators to make their quota.
You know, it just occurred to me. Kell admits that she chased her share of felines up trees as a pup, but she never remembered chasing Ms. Eyeshine (who, of course, remembered it vividly). Do you think that was actually Sheila that time as well?
