"Meat..."

Parker's stomach growled—loud, angry, demanding. "Ugh... Seriously? Now?" He clutched his abdomen, glaring down at his own body like it had betrayed him.

It was so loud it echoed in the forest like it was challenging whatever would growl in the distance.

"Ere! Let's go!" he called, already moving.

Ere, however, was comfortably sprawled out on the still-warm corpse of the Shadow Wolf, lazily kneading her claws into its fur like it was some kind of luxury mattress. Her tail flicked.

"Master… what about this?" She gestured with a paw at the beast's body.

Parker blinked. "What? You think this is some kinda fantasy world where we sell monster carcasses for gold? This isn't a damn RPG."

Ere shook her head, eyes narrowing like he was the idiot here. "No... it's meat." Her voice dropped lower, almost... shy?