Sun soaked

Jay's line of questioning was both innocent and unexpectedly deep, and Corbie quickly took a moment to ponder it, not wanting to say something wrong and give the young pup the wrong ideas at so formative an age. "We do eat them, yes, but we never take more than we need, and what the flock can support in a way that is healthy for them, and when we do we harvest them as quickly and humanely as possible. That's very important. We don't want them to suffer. But if we don't cull the flock, it will grow too large, and the sheep won't have enough food. They'll be too crowded, and they will get sick as well. We keep the flock only big enough to thrive and be happy. But other predators don't care if they are healthy and happy. They would try to kill as many as they could, even if it was bad for the flock, so we protect them from those who don't care about them, like we do."