She takes it - with her good hand this time - and pulls herself up. For a moment, they're standing in each other's space again, sweaty and tired and close enough to breathe the same air.
"Yeah," she agrees, and goes to get her bow. "Got a lotta work ahead of us."
They don't stop moving until dark, and during the summer, that's one hell of a day. But by the end of things, the sow and her ill-fated children are all back at Alexandria. The mother's butchered, the entirety of Alexandria buzzing with excitement over the thought of meat tomorrow, and Maggie's put in a word with the right people to figure out a long-term solution for the piglets.
She's swallowing a yawn as they walk back to the house together. "Gimme a couple days before we go for another boar. I haven't run like that in - I don't know how long."
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"Yeah," she agrees, and goes to get her bow. "Got a lotta work ahead of us."
They don't stop moving until dark, and during the summer, that's one hell of a day. But by the end of things, the sow and her ill-fated children are all back at Alexandria. The mother's butchered, the entirety of Alexandria buzzing with excitement over the thought of meat tomorrow, and Maggie's put in a word with the right people to figure out a long-term solution for the piglets.
She's swallowing a yawn as they walk back to the house together. "Gimme a couple days before we go for another boar. I haven't run like that in - I don't know how long."