Alejandro looked strangely to Asta, as she seemed to understand most of the things he intended, and yet pointed in a different direction where they had come from. For a moment he considered that she didn't want to go through the derelict church, perhaps even feeling odd about the broken cross she had used as a weapon, but it was probably just a matter of being practical. It probably was just his imagination, perhaps she wanted to just go through a shortcut after all. "Uno, dos, tres?" Alejandro wondered when Asta instructed him, rising one, two and three fingers to match. He didn't even dare to match the pronunciation of those, but mimicked the lifting gesture to make Asta see that he understood it.<br/><br/>Even with the load shared, the beast weighted quite a lot, making all it's stomps on Alejandro's chest and abdomen hurt a bit more. Focusing on Asta's wonderful voice and her occasional smile helped him ignore it and soldier on, it was just a few bruises, nothing serious or debilitating like yesterday. He was still sore, of course, but with the sudden shock of finding himself there passed, Alejandro was capable of enduring way better. Specially with Asta around.<br/><br/>Alejandro's sense of direction wasn't bad, knowing that they were going more or less in the good direction, but Asta's soon proved to be way more accurate as they appeared basically next to the camp. "Ungh" Alejandro groaned and stretched out a bit, free of the pig's weight, although he soon was assaulted by something way better. She was practically yelling, perhaps even calling him something long and complicated that her voice made sound amazing. Both of them were dirty, sticky and smelly, be it sweat or blood, and yet Alejandro didn't mind that nor the pain in his torso, just wanted to feel Asta closer after having escaped with such a piece.<br/><br/>"No tengo ni idea de que es eso de mecha estalla que me estás diciendo, pero suena bien" Alejandro commented with a smile. They could use a bath, although salty waters wouldn't make it better and the work they had ahead would make them dirty once more. They had to butcher and conserve the animal the best they could, and there were a few options to do that, even in such a place. Getting salt would be no issue, specially with the trinkets Aerin brought from the plane, but that would take time, so it was better to start with it as soon as possible.<br/><br/>To keep the pork meat edible as much time as possible, Alejandro's cooking expertise could think of three main methods now that he was devoid a fridge. Both brine and salting would require a salt that they didn't have at the time, but the sooner the better. Either way, there were five of them there, even if two were lost in the jungle and Kim-Ly seemed to be comfortable being a free spirit, so if they started to eat that pig it wouldn't last long enough to rot, but Alejandro still wanted to make certain preparations.<br/><br/>Picking up an empty wide briefcase that was quite big and hard cased, Alejandro signaled Asta to follow him while he carried the briefcase towards the ocean. It was easy getting there, but the return trip was going to be harder. With Asta's help, they opened the suitcase wide, filling it with seawater. Laboriously carring it back to the dry sand, Alejandro motioned Asta to slowly leave it there. "Con el sol el agua se evaporará" he said, pointing to the scalding sun and making wavy finger gestures trying to and from the water there. "Entonces tendremos sal" Alejandro continued, dipping a finger in and tasting it with the tip of his tongue. "Sal" repeated.<br/><br/>Not knowing if Asta had finally caught the meaning of what he intended to do, even if haphazardly and without preparation, he gestured for them to come back to the camp and away from the sun. Searching for the widest and flattest rock he could, Alejandro motioned Asta to help him drag the animal there. Picking up his knife set, including a small but sharp butcher's cleaver, Alejandro wanted to start cleaning the beast as soon as possible. He knew after what happened that Asta had some amount of experience in that area, as she had just expertly killed it, not to mention the outfit she had been wearing before getting... more free spirited. Making a few gestures around the beast and putting the knife set between them, Alejandro wanted for them to collaborate skinning the creature, then gutting it would be nasty but easy enough.