"Not months," said Kaoru, especially if they were sharing the spoils. "But a good while. It would be best if we had a trap to hold it still. But we don't have the materials for that."

But squirrels were fast, and they probably bit. Kaoru had never been small enough for that to matter before.

"You could fight it. It would require quick reflexes." It seemed like a good idea to use someone like Owain for bait. He probably wouldn't even mind, as long as he could tell everyone afterwards about how he'd bested the foul mammalian menace. Loudly. And repeatedly.

Hmm.