Brynach cleared his throat. “Is that why you and Rhian don’t just sense the quarry and set the hounds on it directly?”
“That’s right, it would be cheating. The rules are important. If you just overpower the quarry, where’s the nobility in that? If I’m starving and must kill to survive, well, alright then. But that’s not sport.”
George shook his shoulders and changed the mood. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to go on like that. What I really wanted to know was, how do you communicate with hounds and horses? It’s new to me and I don’t know the different nuances for others.”
“I think you were right to put me with Benitoe to start, sir. I’m not like Rhian or, I guess, like you. Rhian and I talked about it, afterward. She sees detail for each hound, and the quarry, too. I see the pack, or parts of it,
