Spear And Fang ((top)) -

He won. He crawled back to the ashes with a lion’s canine tied to his belt and a spear-haft splintered to a dagger. The tribe would return at dawn. They would see the kill. They would give him a new name.

The lion impaled itself on its own momentum. spear and fang

To hold a spear is to say: I am fragile, so I reach further than my arm. To bear a fang is to admit: I am prey, so I have stolen the teeth of my hunters. He won