Bim encounters an average sized giant animal (jaguar?) recruit by the name of Faintflush who's marauding through a hamlet. Perfect sparring partner to take novice biter/striker/kicker to adequate after 3 sessions. Not as delicate as a bipedal bandit, so Faintflush and Bim are able to go their separate ways after training. Biting does cause some scars to Faintflush's belly.
The stat tier goals are being reached. Willpower and kinesthetic sense which started at above average rollover to high during the first session. Spatial, a dwarf's best stat (aside from focus) started at average, but turns over to high as well by the last session.
So the endurance/dodger/observer build is coming along. Intuition which started as above average remains there, but that's always been the hardest to advance with one-on-one's. At the beginning of the run, Bim swam toughness and endurance to superior, not unlike the way you'd follow an S&C program for whatever sport and exertion is mitigated by the combination of better endurance modified by the good effects of high willpower. The last run, Bim became tired sooner, given he had only begun with average willpower. There's also the good stat synergy for things like dodger which benefit from spatial and kinesthetic.
The region has virtually no animals in the wilds, so Bim runs out of food and kills a duck in town. Unfortunately, it's too small to butcher. But he trades the drake corpse and a spool of giant cave spider silk for 10 fisher berries.
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He hasn't cooked anything yet either. Diet has been raw meat and fruit. It's just turning out this way.