The Taure laughed, he seemed to sense what I was thinking. "As a hunter you get a lot, and you have many ways and means to find out things that are not available to others. Or to feel what young ladies like you think" He smiled gently. "oh, I completely forgot to introduce myself ... how rude of me. I am usually called Aerisath. and Yuki" - he looked at the white owl who was still staring at me as if there was nothing more interesting for her - " Do you already know? In the distance wolf howls sounded and the hunter listened up. Shortly afterwards a second and a third wolf answered, then it went quiet again. "Tell me, little animal whisperer" - he turned his gaze to me - "do you have plans for this afternoon? If you want, I will show you how it goes in my clan. And there is sure to be someone who would be willing to take yours Take on training "Right. My education. I hadn't really thought about what I wanted to be, even though I had recently come to the conclusion that it would be best to follow the path of the hunters - not least so that I could stay with Shinichtai.I nodded hesitantly. "but .. what about ... the orcin?" I haven't called her by her name for a long time. To me she was an orc, no better or worse than the rest of her race. A chuckle came from his throat. "Let that be my worry. Believe me, if you want, you can come with me. You can escape the orphanage for a few hours" I have to admit that that sounded really tempting. No orphanage ... Without thinking about it, I nodded. "Good. Then run back to the orphanage and wait there. I'll pick you up early in the evening." He smiled encouragingly at me and looked after me as I made my way back. Then he turned, knowing full well that Yuki's protective wings would be over me until I reached the city gate. Had I known what would happen the following night, I would have stayed in the orphanage ...

Aerisath was as punctual as a Taure could be. The first, faint breath of night fell over Orgrimmar as the hunter stood in the doorway of the orphanage.He exchanged a few words with the orcin, which I didn't understand, came up to me and held out his hand. He smiled gently. "Come on" I slowly grabbed his hand and followed him. He led me to the great tower and, without much ado, sat me on a wind rider after paying the master of the beast the copper. I instinctively held on to the dishes provided for this purpose; I had never sat on such a 'creature' before. "Hold on tight. If you don't annoy him, he won't throw you off either." With these words, the mighty animal, which I would first have called the 'lion bat scorpid', flew off. Reflexively, I crouched lower. It wasn't that I was afraid of heights, no, just ... from a certain height the fear of falling was probably allowed, especially if you didn't know exactly what you were being carried across the barren plains of the wasteland. The wind rider flew over a small mountain range and I recognized the green plains below me - um, us.I slowly straightened up to see more than just the lion's head. On the green grass there was a kodo soil - I counted 4 adult animals and 2 or 3 calves - but it disappeared from my field of vision as quickly as it had come. Before me rose the capital of my people, Thunder Bluff, the thunder cliff that had withstood many attacks and would continue to do so, I was sure of it.
The huge beast landed on the ground in front of the wind rider with a surprising gentleness; I would have expected a painful impact, which thank God did not materialize. Shortly after me, another wind rider landed with Aerisath on his back. I was glad to have come from the wind rider with my skin intact, but the Taure seemed to be used to it; he descended from the mighty being as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Secretly I wondered how he managed to dismount without hurting himself on the wind rider's sting or stepping on his wings ... I took the hand he held out to me and followed him to the base of the tower.He led me to the elevators, which we also used; down. A large, white kodo was waiting for us down there. I knew that Kodos were usually very gentle and even-tempered beings, but a little caution didn't hurt anyone. "Have you ever sat on a kodo?" "I .. um .. not really ..." "Well, then this is your first time!" With that, he lifted me onto the back of the animal height good 3 times my size measured. Then he got in the saddle behind me and the Kodo started running.