Having Sampson back made for warm sleeping but Kyu woke often flipping the phone open to check but no answer came. not even in the morning so Kyu set about making a compost heap dumping all the bad apple that had made their way back with them. marking out a garden knowing this had to be a winter garden Kyu found the sunniest part of the little pasture and started digging Kyu didn’t get far when Sampson arrived with a large buck over his shoulders thought the buck must have weighed 300 lb Sampson stood like it was merrily an absurd fashion statement  draped about his shoulders. “what are you doing?”

Kyu annoyed at how little they had accomplished “I am doing a very bad job, digging a hole!”

Sampson smiled “ care to trade?” 

Kyu looked at the large buck and though it was donating gladly agreed.mostly because it was one of the few time Sampson had genuinely smiled and Kyu really like his smile it did look a little like Vies. pointing out just how deep and the angle of the hole then Sampson strong the buck up for Kyu to skin, gut and clean on the other side of the clearing.  Kyu went over how they had done it last time Sampson nodded approval but stated “call me over once its gutted and skinned. oh and it helps if you cut the rectum out first”

 Kyu looked perplexed. Sampson showed how to make a ring around then gently in to loosen it up so it could be pulled though once the guts pulled out.

then he happy set off to digging. 

Kyu shrugged and started skinning the buck. it was so much bigger then the doe and it was so warm it was almost hot it was so fresh. this time knowing to catch the blood Kyu set a bucked to catch some of it. Making the same stomach incision up the neck down the inside of each leg then around the elbows, knees  and bace of the skull. so far to good! then starting at the neck pulling the skin away as far as possible then running the tip of the knife between skin and body cutting any of the connecting tissue so it was as cleanly away as possible, working with gravity helped but it took real strength and effort to separate the pelt, the legs took more time then Kyu felt was necessary. however a beautiful pelt was the reword after so much effort. that sweet smell of the tallow was almost floral and clean Kyu really like it and almost wanted to rollin it like a dog in mess. ‘they should make a dear fragrance.’ now to the guts Kyu took extra effort cutting around the rectum as that was the hardest part to cleanly remove last time. 

again with a small cut just under the sternum but Kyu thought better of it and cut the head off and set it beside the pelt for brain curing later but this freed the esophagus, too so gutting would be that much easer. going back to the sternum Kyu with fingers on either side of the knife guiding it cut down and caught the guts as they spilled out on them carefully Kyu sheathed their knife and pulled out as much of the guts as possible then cutting the membrane at the ribs pulling the hart lunges and esophagus out more work was needed to free the rectum as a particularly annoying pelvic bone was in the way. after a time Kyu got it out cleanly. feeling accomplished Kyu called over to Sampson but after no response walked around the house to see a great wolf digging like a puppy in the dirt and that the winter garden bed was almost dug. Kyu stood watching shaded by the corner of the house. wen the wolf was finished it ran off to the woods.

Kyu went back the the buck and stated cleaning the organs and the intestines not long after Sampson showed up dripping wet and happy. He took out his knife and showed how to first remove the tenderloin then removing the wrist and ankle by cutting all the tendons then doing a much stronger version of the twist crack to remove them Kyu couldn't help but think “could a human do that?” 

Sampson went on to the legs fallowing the line of the hip till bone and again with a frighteningly strong  sucking Thuck sound as he popped the joint out of place and continued his knife around to separate the legs. in that same way the shoulders. then to the back of the animal two Long cut along the top of the spine then in at the side, flaying along the ribs cleanly removing two long dark red back straps. A chopping cut between the ribs then with the strength only Sampson could he ripped the ribs from the spine. Sampson took some time to fully clean the rest of the odds and ins. Kyu sat quietly watching somehow both shocked and not that surprised when Sampson would pop a bit of meet or tallow in his mouth as he worked. only human needed their food cooked but almost everyone still preferred prepared food. Sampson handed a small bit of meaty tallow to Kyu and raised an eyebrow. was he daring Kyu to try it? well Kyu wasn’t going to back down! so ate it the meet flavor was first, clear meat with hits of iron rich fascinating blood, then the tallow finally melted in Kyus mouth, and that same almost sweetness covered their mouth like unsalted butter but a thicker then cream. with each chew the fresh meet and blood cut through the tallow it was so unique for just a moment Kyu felt a unreasonable urge for more but held back. “that was amazing why dose any one cook anything!”

Sampson laughed “even we can get sick if the animal is sick and you can only do that properly when the anomaly is still warm from the kill.” they used to say Vampier feed on life force of the living werewolf of the recently dead and humans of the long departed.”

Kyu wanted to ask for more but didn’t like the thought of feeding off life force… vampires were controlling parasites they took and took and Kyu had seen what had happened wen they took to much from a person it was so repulsive…