Desperate Pack

Balthier struggled with his own hyena because he really didn't want to kill it. His father had taught him the importance of life and how to thank prey for their meals so he never wanted to willingly go out of his way to kill another living creature.

But as he was wrestling with the smaller canine, he saw from the corner of his eye that the man who was helping him was getting jumped by the third hyena. Balthier sighed before quickly going for the kill of his current hyena, taking it out by it's throat before leaving it's lifeless body behind to leap forward and grab the third hyena that was attacking Astrophel. By doing this, the hyena realized that one of it's pack mates had fallen, looking over at the body and then squirming to get away from him. Balthier easily let it go and run off into the distance. If Astrophel killed the hyena he had in his grasp, that was on him.

"Balthier"