My ridiculous method to get through to Aleks was a success, and he spent the rest of the day eager to learn.
It didn’t matter that he was motivated by thoughts of managing to bed a woman like Zaahra; for now the important thing was that he would master the basics of this so that he could help to scout properly.
We rested for a while when we reached a small tributary - one of the little offshoots of the lake, and a source of fresh, cool water.
We had been working all day without stopping to eat, and while I was accustomed to that from my time on duty with Luc’s pack, Aleks was definitely not.
He pulled out some food from his pack, and passed me a piece of dried meat.
I wasn’t interested in it, but it was a sign of kindness that I hadn’t expected and it would have seemed rude of me to i
