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As an answer, a question could be: why should a hunter need to hunt in the day and only tell tales in the evening?

Why could a society not have a role for bards as well as hunters, as their day job, as their purpose?

Because I'd rather hear a tale about hunting told by a hunter, not a tale about hunting told by someone who disdains hunting as a day job and considers himself a failure if he can't get a living from actual hunters for his tales about hunting.

Or in modern times, replace "hunter" with "working class".

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