The First 300 words of Chapter 2 first draft

The boar hung upside down by its legs. Its feet were tied together with a braided twine. It swung from side to side below a sapling tree. The tree rest upon the shoulders of two young men as they silently marched through the brush. The men followed a path through the dense vegetation of the boreal forest. Tall pine trees and huge ant mounds surrounded the path.

“So how many did you say you saw?” Jude asked the curly haired boy in front of him.

Without turning to face him, the boy lifted his left hand with 4 fingers.

“I’ve never seen more than one at a time!” Jude exclaimed, “Let alone four. You’re either really lucky, Luis, or really good.”

Luis shrugged both his arms, the pole effortlessly balanced on his shoulder.

“Don’t be modest.” Jude responded, “Four colossals, man that must have been terrifying.”

Luis shook his head.

Just ahead of Luis the path opened up and light streamed through the darkness under the forest canopy. The path slowly transitioned from pine needles and sand to tall grass bent and compacted into the earth. Luis raised his hand, all his fingers pointing up.

Jude lifted the pole off of his shoulder in concert with Luis. They lowered the pole, placing the boar on the ground. Jude shouldered his rifle while Luis knelt and armed himself with a crossbow. Jude stood next to Luis and pointed the rifle down the path. He peered through the rifle scope and saw a green flag a few hundred yards away. The flag was raised high into the air above the walls the Sanctuary. He scanned the top of the walls to see a man with binoculars patrolling the perimeter. Jude lowered his rifle and gave Luis a thumbs up.

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