Chapter 11: That’s not…Leo, two days later…
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Leo grinned and turned to catch his military buddies’ reactions.
“You’ve still got it.” Danny put up a hand for a high five, and Leo hit it with a resounding smack.
Another round of three throwing knives reflected the afternoon sun, aligned in a perfect vertical row in the trunk of the big-leaf maple tree in their fenced back yard.
Otis wore a satisfied smile as he pulled them out.
Zack nodded. “Still an expert. You’ll want to practice making and using spears and atlatl launchers since that’s what they’re already using. But for closer distances, you’re already lethal.”
“And you’re in great shape for hunting rabbits and squirrels,” Danny said. “You won’t starve.”
And hopefully, hunting rather than warfare would be th
