He insisted that we would lead longfangs and rock bears and crazed wolves into the village. Most grew tired of his ranting before the early-morning sun had time to warm the ground. Some humans had certainly believed that the crazed wolf proved that we were dangerous, but most seemed unconcerned, at least in the bright morning light. When TaLi and BreLan announced that they were taking us to hunt smallprey, HesMi picked up her sharpstick and came with us. JaliMin trailed behind her. Other humans, both adults and young, followed. The humans, like wolves, let their young come on safe hunts so that they could learn the way of the hunter. RalZun watched the humans gather and jerked his head to me in approval, grabbing up his own sharpstick and whistling loudly. I yipped happily to him. Even Night was a quarter moon away, and a few more successful hunts could mean our victory. “They’ll scare away all the smallprey,” Lallna grumbled. “Then we’ll hunt something bigger,” I answered.
