Drix wandered silently through the forest, crossbow slung over his back as he practiced the ancient skulking arts. He had yet to inflict pain upon prey, to break the silence of their thoughts with bolts of bone and wood. He had taken to writing his thoughts, rather than speak them aloud and offend his god with words that did not bear weight.
He'd pull a slab of clay from the earth, mold it into a simple slab, and scrawl out his thoughts and worries upon them, leaving them in small clearings so they would naturally sun bake. Some would be lost, no matter, he would always scrawl more.
"Great beasts." crude drawing of an otter, a tiny eared stick figure beside it for scale. "Much meat. Much risk." A scrawled image of said otter dismembering the stick figure. "Please Chucheedin one way or other." Image of a kobold kneeling before an alter covered in cruel implements of pain. "Must show mercy. Pain end, silence take." A fallen giant otter with, pincushioned with bolts, and a single one stuck in it's head. "Bonespeaker celebrate sacred days. Good storyteller." Image of Kalras speaking to a cloud. "Wastes words though. Speak like elf." Kalras seen with an X drawn over her muzzle. "Teach her silence. Truest time with gods, spent silent." A crawling of a cave, with a kobold meditating. "Need temple. Deep in earth, silent. Come later, still finding home."
He slipped the clay tablet onto a large rock with clear sight of the sky. It would take time, but the clay would harden, and he'd collect it again. Rustling in the distance perked his short, narrow ears, and he unslung the crossbow from his back. Prey was close. Food was close. In utter silence he took off, tiny feet finding barren patches of earth to run upon, a silent pray to the Plaguepoison to muffle any noise his racing feet made, and a quick gesture over his heart, asking Foseesus to forgive him for the life he was about to take.