Hunter Blood
Once upon a time, long before Kerala was a modern state of India, it was part of a coalition of little kingdoms. The old palaces and princely buildings are still there with the descendants of the old Maharajas still going strong today, living regular citizen lives. My ancestors were among the King's hunters. Obviously today, there is no "need" for hunters, and so the role faded away long since those old times. But the blood of a hunter isn't going to just "fade away". It is a very natural trait that comes with masculinity, and those who have honed their skills over years will have a higher chance of passing on those skills not just through teaching, but literally through their genes. We know that ancestral traits are a thing and that they sometimes appear in us while skipping generations. Perhaps that could explain my own "Spirit of Adventure" - my travels, my motorcycling, my interest in guns and knives, my fearlessness in the face of danger, my o...
