[Deep in the Woods]

"Oh reeeally?" Atreyu asks, shuffling over beside Kes. He reaches out to catch a claw under her chin and lift her head back up. No hiding that blush from him, Kestrel! Though he's being very playful about it, so she could easily shift out of the way. "Because if you were curious, well, I'd be lying if'n I didn't acknowledge that yer quite the cute little thing, Missy, and I'd more than a little curious myself."

He takes the prepared hares and skewers them, embedding the skewers in the ground a fair way back from the fire.

"Set 'em like this and they'll cook nice and slow, which oughta give us plenty of time to have a little appetiser before the main course." He grins and licks his lips.