Joakim, lord of all cattle, watched as the cow before him ate the grass on the ground. The fresh morning air struck him gently as the mountain wind blowed. The critter swallowed and ate on peacefully. Joakim smiled at it and began walking back to the colony entrance, when Iggy showed up. They both froze at the gaze of each other.
"Good morning, good leader," Joakim said silently.
"Good morning, fellow dwarf," Iggy replied reluctantly.
The cool air between them kept its temperature. Joakim watched Iggy stand with his mighty pick. He knew that his leader didn't respect him. He, in return didn't respect his leader for that. Joakim smiled at Iggy and took a little fruit up from his pocket. Iggy, though, moved on towards the cow, wanting to check how it was right now. Just as Joakim was about to throw the fruit after Iggy behind his back, Iggy asked Joakim:
"How's it going with the animals?"
Joakim halted his action. He lowered the slimy fruit, and put it back into his pocket.
"It's going fine. I think that we should get more bulls for those cows, otherwise we'll be very much out of food when the stock dies."
Iggy looked at Joakim with eyes which obviously didn't care about lifestock.
"Human Slaughter's son just killed the mountain goat that killed him."
Before Joakim had the chance to answer, wanting to reply positively, Iggy then turned around and moved back towards the colony entrance. What a unthankful person, Joakim thought. Just because he didn't like animals.
Joakim raised his fruit...