Morning comes and as Civ expected, he is the first one to wake up. He did his jogging. After an hour, he got back to the cave and told his father that he just woken up and was going to the river to wash himself.
"Father, I'll go to the river to wash myself."
"Alright, bring Horm with you, and do not stay there for too long."
"I understand my father."
After their conversation, Civ immediately went to the hut where Horm is. Then, he called him to get out of his hut.
"Horm are you there?"
He heard a rustle inside, Horm lazily crawled out to his hut with eyes closed.
"Who is it?"
Civ pulled up Horm's left arm.
" It's me, Civ. Stand up and come with me, we need to do something."
While Horm is being dragged by his friend, he tries to ask Civ.
"Where are we going?"
"We are going to the river."
"I still want to sleep, why do we need to go there?"
"Just follow me, I'll tell you when we get there."
When they arrive in the river, Civ immediately jumps into the water. While Horm is eating the berries they gathered on the way.
When Civ finished washing himself in the river, Horm while chewing his berries asked.
"So, what do you need help with?"
Civ looks down in the river and picks up something in the water.
"I need you to find me rocks like this"
In his palm, was a round rock.
"Like this rock?". Horm goes near Civ and inspects the rock in his palm.
He nodded and agreed without asking.
"Alright, I'll look for that."
He finished eating the rest of the berries he collected and started looking for round rocks.
Civ looks for bigger rocks that he can knap and pile these stones on the riverside.
After 15 minutes, they were able to collect a handful of round rocks and big rocks. Civ noticed some of the rocks Horm collected are ellipses but that's fine for the idea he is going to do.
"This is more than enough Horm, let's pick up the stones we collected and bring these back to the camp."
While picking up the round stones, Horm looked at Civ and asked, "Hey Civ what are we going to do with these stones?"
Civ smiled and said, "For now let's go back to the camp. You'll know when we get there."
Horm paused a bit but started picking up again the stones they collected in the riverside. Together with Civ, they walked back to the camp.
As they walk back, Civ looks at the back of Horm who is walking hurriedly and can't help but lament.
Horm parents died 3 Tuanir ago. His parents they tried to stall the time like Civ did to let their tribe escape from the rampaging giants. Same with Arsh parents but 5 Tuanirs ago. Since Civ is their childhood friend, they are close to one another as siblings. So that is why they will not ignore or avoid any requests from their friend circle.
When they arrived in the camp, Civ called Horm.
"Let's put these stones in an open area first and go back to the Tribes leader's cave and let him know we are back". So they go around to the back of the camp where it's an open area and no people around and let his father know that he is back. His father was busy so he just instructed him to stay at the camp and wait for his return. They were planning to gather more food for the tribe.
After his discussion with his father, he walked to the back of the camp with Horm.
Looking at the pile of rocks that was separated into round and not round rocks Horm asked.
"So what are we going to do with our collected rocks?"
Civ smiled and said. "To fight the boar."
Horm gasps and cannot believe what his friend blurted.
"Are you serious? How can these rocks defeat a boar?"
Wild boars generally have sturdy skin and large size. The tribe is intimidated and afraid to face boars or even approach them. So the idea of fighting a boar is really out of the Horm's imagination since this kind of monster is too strong for them.
"Yes," Civ replied and pointed to his head. "We can defeat it by using our brain."
Puzzled, Horm asked "Brain? What do you mean brain?"
Civ intends to ask his friend if he's an idiot. But he realizes he is living with a tribe with limited resources and options.
Human anatomy is not yet properly studied here. All of them are just trying to find ways to survive so learning about these things is not their top priority.
Civ facepalmed himself and replied. "Nothing, just forget about it."
Felt embarrassed, he continued.
"Do you have any ideas on how we can fight the boar?" Civ asked.
Horm looked up to the sky for a bit and shakes his head"Hmmmm. I have no idea."
"Come in front of me Horm. I want to try something". Horm standing in front of Civ looked confused.
"Do you see this?". Civ raised his right hand doing a peace sign.
"Yeah I see your – OUCH! Why did you do that?". Civ poked his eyes and Horm guards his crying eyes as he backs away from Civ.
"Hehehe so it worked!" Civ exclaimed.
"What do you mean it worked?! I can't see properly you know, and my eyes are hurting right now". Horm is still rubbing his eyes from the pain as tears run down.
"With this, we can at least fight or push back that boar HAHAHA". Civ can't help but laugh not because of the idea of fighting the boar but because of the reaction from Horm when he poked his eyes.
"But how?" Horm asked.
Civ picked up the round stones Horm collected and showed it to him."With this."
"With these stones? But how". Horm looked at the stone Civ was holding.
"You see that branch hanging over there?"
"Yeah"
Civ throws the stone he is holding but it misses the target.
Silence
"Ehem! But you get the point?"
"Uhhh you want to hit the tree?
"Noooo, I mean we throw the stone at the boar."
Horm tilts his head and thinks for a moment.
"But how?"
Civ smiled and pointed to the pile of big stones
"Get one of those big stones and put it above the tree stump in front of us and I'll show you"
Full of questions yet curious, Horm gets one of the big flat stones they collected and puts it at the top of the tree stump standing while Civ picks up five stones and walks away around 19 meters (62 ft.).
As Horm set up the stone, Civ called him.
"Come here Horm next to me"
Horm rushed back next to Civ.
"So what now?"
"You see the stone in front of us is a bit small in this distance right?"
"Yes?"
"Good, let's imagine that is the boar's head"
"Okay?"
"And then-"
With his form and technique-
WHOOOOSSSSHHH
He threw that round stone like an all-star pitcher in the MLB. The stone curved and hit the target with precise accuracy splitting it in two.
Both Horm and Civ were shocked.
Horm was shocked because Civ was able to hit the target on the first try. Civ was shocked because he hit the target - on the first try and accurately.
'There is really something strange in this body, it's not normal'
Full of anticipation of what would come in the future, he looked to his left where Horm was still amazed.
"You understand it now Horm?"
Horm closed his gaped mouth.
"I think I get what you are planning but how can we kill the boar with this?" Horms are still curious about how they can do it.
"Remember when I poke your eyes out?"
Horm immediately stepped a few steps away from Civ but he still replied.
"Yeah?"
"What if we throw a stone to its eyes? We might kill it."
Horm touched his chin and replied "I see. But what if we cannot hit its eyes?"
"Good question! Then let's make sure we can hit it."
"But how?" Horm looked puzzled.
"Alright, get one of those big stones and go to the tree stump."
Horm followed Civ's instructions and went to the tree stump.
"What's next?"
"I want you to throw it at your waist height"
"Alright". Horm threw the stone away and while he did that, Civ attempted to throw a stone from his position.
Whooosssshh
The target was missed.
"Well, you missed that Civ."
"Yeah" instead of discouraged Civ was energized and determined " Again!"
After a few attempts,
THUNK CRAACK
Finally, Civ hits its target.
"Nice!" Horm exclaimed.
Exhausted, Civ splats down to the ground and sits panting and sweating.
"Now that I hit it. We need to make sure I can always hit it."
Horm nodded that also exhausted from their experiment.
"I agree with you Civ. But let's take a rest for now"
Before they noticed, it was already noon so they took a break and ate some berries. Then went to the river to rehydrate and gather more stones.
after the break, they returned back to the cave. Then they start practicing again to hit the stone precisely. Within an hour, he was able to hit it with 90% accuracy.
"Now that I can accurately hit it, now it's your turn Horm"
Horm quickly looked to Civ with eyes wide open.
"Me?"
"Yeah."
"Why"
"Well, you need to learn it. Because whatever happens, you can back me up."
Civ smiled and looked at Horm waiting for his reply.
With a blank face, Horm replied. "What do you mean to back you up".
Facepalm
Civ can't help but use some terms that he uses on Earth at might be common to the locals on this planet.
Civ goes in front of Horm and pauses every sentence after.
"Alright, what I meant is if we attack the Boar."
"Okay?"
"Then I throw a stone."
"Okay?"
"And I missed the boar."
"Okay"
"Then what do we do after if the boar attacks me?"
"Ohh.. Then we run away"
"Noooooo!" Civ couldn't help but cover his face with his hand and sighed heavily after.
"What If you, me, and other tribesmen can throw a stone at the boar"
"What if nothing happens if we throw the stone to the boar?"
"Make sense, but at least we try first right?"
Horm contemplates for a moment and agrees with Civ's idea
"Okay, I agree with you on that one."
Civ smiled again. "Good! Now let's switch places. I'll throw these large stones and you will hit it with the round stones."
Horm nods "Alright."
When Horm started to practice throwing stones, he was not really familiar with doing it. After multiple misses, he almost hit Civ who barely avoided the flying stone.
"Hey Horm, watch where you throwing!"
"I - I'm sorry, I'll be careful " Horm answered with a low voice and stumbling with his words.
"Again!"
After this, Civ was more firm and commanding with Horm. Realizing that he needs to make sure that Horm will be ready to help him when they hunt the boar.
Dozens of throws later, Horm was progressively improving with his throws and then.
THUNK CRACK
"YEEEESSS!!!" At last, Horm was able to crack the big stones Civ threw.
A feeling of accomplishment ran down his body. Then he noticed that his right hand was visibly shaking and he couldn't help but sit down also panting. He did not expect that this was a very exhausting activity.
Civ went to Horm and sat down next to him full of sweat also.
"Haaaa… You did great Horm, now you got the feeling of hitting a moving target. Next is to hit a moving target in the right location"
Horm widens his eyes but he cannot speak due to his exhaustion.
"Alright, since the sky is going dark already, let's continue this tomorrow. I'll just put back the stones in one place."
Civ stands up and starts piling up the stones they use. But a few moments later.
"Aaaarrggghh!"
Half asleep Horm awaken by that scream and noticed Civ was clutching his hand. Seeing this he immediately runs to his friend."
"Hey Civ, what happened?"
What he sees is blood all over Civ's hands!