บท 65: The Colour Red - Part 6

He threw the snapped-off bit of log towards his sled and then pushed a bit more of the log inside the pivot, before doing the same thing again.

As the log got shorter, the leverage was less and less, so it took more effort than it had the first time, but he was still able to get the whole thing snapped in pieces that would fit in his sled by doing that.

And then he began chopping down another tree. For some reason, Nila was standing around watching him work.

"You don't get tired, huh?" She commented, seeing him swing his axe with just as much vigour as he previously had.

"I suppose we all have things we're good at," Beam said, nodding towards the animals that she was holding.

Nila latched on to that. "Really? You think I'm good at hunting?" She smiled, as though the compliment meant a lot to her.

"Well, I dunno," Beam said, not pausing his swinging. "At the very least, for a girl, I'd say you're pretty decent."