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LESSON OF THE COIN
And so Yeolani came to make his way in Fallon. He mastered hunting on the forest floor, tracking his prey. He learned how to strip and dry, preserving a variety of game. Gil encouraged him to purchase and train a dog, which he did, trading skins for a pup that together the two named Marit. The adaptable, long-haired hound followed Yeolani faithfully and learned to flush birds so that Yeolani could put his shooting skills to the prime test. When they were truly desperate for food, Yeolani even went shooting salmon in the creek. And everywhere they walked, they gathered other foods to supplement their heavily meat diet. During the winter, Yeolani learned to work leather more skillfully than he ever bothered in the wood crew, and he also crafted snowshoes so that he cou
