Bernadetta & Petra B

Bernadetta
Hunting? Really? There's no way I can do this. Goddess, why couldn't I have stayed in today...

Petra
Bernadetta. Is this a trouble you are having?

Petra
I heard that the duty to hunt is yours today.

Bernadetta
The duties all got assigned while I was holed up in my room...

Petra
Do not be worrying. I can show you the way to hunt well.

Bernadetta
Oh, um... OK, then...

Petra
When you see a beast, you are thinking of it as an enemy.

Petra
That is how prey thinks.

Petra
You must think of the beasts as food. That is how the hunter thinks.

Bernadetta
So it's not an enemy. It's food.

Bernadetta
But, um, how is it food when it's still alive?

Petra
You pick the vegetables from the field. Those have life too. It is the same.

Petra
You take a blade in your hand and take the lives of the vegetables. You cut their stalks and harvest without mercy.

Petra
They do not scream, but you are still their killer.

Bernadetta
K-killer?!

Petra
Fruit ripens and falls to the ground. The seeds sprout and a new life is born.

Petra
That is life's cycle. It has cruelty, yes. But you must end life to eat. You must be killing to be living.

Bernadetta
Maybe, but I don't know if I want to be some...some kind of vegetable murderer!

Petra
It is the same for rabbits, deer, pheasants. The only difference being that they cannot cry out.

Petra
You must do what you must do to be living in this world. It is your task.

Bernadetta
A task. Yes, just a task. A completely mindless task.

Petra
Feel it. There, in the grass. Prey is moving. Just like a vegetable in the wind.

Petra
Give it an arrow, just like you would give a vegetable a blade. It is just your task.

Bernadetta
Uh, right. That makes sense. It's just like cutting a stem.

Petra
You are now a hunter. You have learned how to hunt.

Bernadetta
I am? I have? Oh, good! What a relief.

Petra
You have understanding now, I can tell.

Bernadetta
Great! Leave it to me. I'll hunt down my prey just like they're vegetables.

Petra
I have belief in you.

Bernadetta
Aw, thanks, Petra! I can do this!

Bernadetta
Make way for Huntmaster Bernie!

Petra
Have luck, Bernie.

Bernadetta
Ugh! Ow! Wh-what?

Bernadetta
No! Stay back! I'm sorry, Mr. Rabbit! I didn't mean it!

Bernadetta
Why are you the one chasing me?! Ow!