Can you hunt?” asked Tupper. “Do Pred have claws?” Aurel...

Can you hunt?” asked Tupper.

“Do Pred have claws?” Aurelius returned tartly.

“Yes. And pointy teeth.”

With a put-upon sigh, he said, “That was a rhetorical question. For your information, we’re taught to hunt and fish from the time we’re weaned.”

—MEADOWSWEET by C.J. Milbrandt