Now he understands why, "If our body refuse to move when it is too cold, then it might also the same with it's flesh. But i seen the bear tribe freely move with their big body, i still don't understand why they are that big."
"Same here, i have no idea." Soon the snows cover the meat on it's own, as they move into the wooden cottage.
Crim open the cottage's door, inside was empty room with flat floor. A podium on the front, another empty space beside the podium. Truly look like a religious setting, because it is.
The cottage is enough for double the population of this camp, soon it was no longer just a camp.
"Sire told you this will be the place for worship, i am sure this time you are different." Crim's companion said, still looking at the simplicity of this cottage yet this was the sturdiest place so far. It point towards the southeast, but the doorway face northwest.
As Crim clean himself out of the steel scent he have from butchering the sauropod, soon his companion follow.
"Make sure to do it troughoutly, as you still smeels like blood." Crim said to his companion, he wait for him on space beside the podium. He no longer smeels like iron, but he was more smell like lily flower.
Soon, his companion already clean himself. "I am no longer smell blood aren't i? Or it is just my smelling capabilities isn't that strong anymore?" As Crim get up and inspect his companion, he smell no blood and he also see no blood on him.
"Don't worry, you are clean right now. Change clothes, get yourself closed including your tail just like mine." Just a matter of fact for y'all, every male lizardfolks here have feathers on their tail and all tail of theirs is comically short just like chicken. But Female Lizardfoks often doesn't have this kind of feathers, often they don't even have a single feather on their body. Thus they are quite difficult to tell from each other, but Crim make this very clear.
Females must cover their whole body, but the face is just optional.
But on everyday clothes the female just blend in with the males, often wear their spouse's equipment and still barely noticable. In other hand, they are quite differentiable from each other due to their colour scheme.
The face shape often different from each other, just like human did.
As they both stand, Crim whisper while looking towards the sign that said "God"
"I put my will to God for this prayer." As he presumably pray for less than 5 minutes, his Companion also follow him. He did every single move Crim make, that being standing still, put the face on the floor, and sit.
Crim end his prayer with "May God be with you all, may god be with you all."
"So, this was the first time you pray. How was it?" Crim turn his whole body sideways, looking at his companion.
"It was fresh and calming, with whatever you mutter ago."
"I guess i also felt the same, after all i understand all of what i said earlier. Sire truly the trustworthy, e guide us to the path of God." This was it, Sire was the way and God is the destination. "Keep that in your head, my dear friend."
They both began to leave the place, clean and warm. As if the cottage will never rot this winter, "It is how it always are, so tell me my friend. Where are the younglings?"
"Oh, yea. I almost forget, they we're already on the ground of training." Thus Crim and his companion made their way to the ground, it doesn't took long. They began to hear several blow from the ground, it isn't what you think it was.
"Ma' ari, how is the training?"
"The kids were fine, where are you two? it took you two too long!" It was a female lizardman, she have no feathers on her tail. Also wear a thick cloth, contrast to the male with thin layer of clothing on them.
As we see the younglings, persumably 7-10 years old attempting to grapple the pterosaur's skull. Some older younglings can be spotted testing each other's skill, as they attempt to grab each other's snout. It turn out to be quite difficult for each of them, Crim impressed by the improvement.
"Their craws already shaved right?" He intensely glare at Ma' ari, make her a little nerveous.
"Of course, just like you always order. All of them are now unable to scratch each other, so they would be fine." As they observe the two younglings still tried to grapple each other.
One manage to put the pressure to another's jaw, but one also manage to make another have cut stamina into low out of time.
As two of them began to fall down, completely exhausted.
"Impressive, two of you." Crim approach, they both bow on respect.
"Chief Crim." Both said, but Crim here clear it out. They never actually expecting Crim's arrival, instead of taking pride Crim order them to stand up.
Matter of fact here, Crim is quite short for a male lizardman. And two of the younglings almost at his level of height, but his height isn't something to underestimate either.
"Oh, you two are quite tall." He was 170 cm, while two of the younglings is an inch below him.
"Now if you allow me to demonstrate, the key part to keep flying one's mouth shut was your grip need to be strong enough to use a bow." Ma' ari came with bow on her, meanwhile she doesn't bring the arrow.
One of the younglings quite confused said "Where is the arrow?"
Crim put his hand upwards, as he said "We only need you to have an easier time wielding one, so each pick one." By Crim's standard, bow often never used for hunting but more for training purpose.
There also a bow that was Crim's, it was rather big than other bow present.
"Well do everyone, now pull the strings just like i do." He draw the string backwards, the bow bends. It is no longer shaped like what it originally were, but a pulled back version. As he repeatedly pull and release it, but he always switch sides.
As he put it back to his back, and said "Now you may try to draw the strings, good luck."
The younglings tried to draw the stings, but it barely move. As it was trougoutly difficult, but Crim make it look easy.
"You know what? Maybe we need to switch into lighter variant, all the bow returned to my friend here." As his companion carry all the bow, he personally tried the bow.
He tried his best, but he find it a little difficult to draw. "Surely, this is difficult even for me."
He got a smile from Crim, got him some sense of humor.
"Alright, see if it was quite hard to pull but you can bend the bow it was your chance at pulling it as a whole." So did every younglings there, most having hard time pulling them.
But the two oldest of the younglings doesn't follow the rules of Crim, instead still using the bow they were given earlier.
As the two succesfully pull the strings to their absolute limits, and yet the second pull. As you already guessed it, they manage to pull the string using their other side. "Bold of you two, not listen to me but your stubborness. Surely sometimes give you results."
"Impressive."