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Wilder listens openly to Spider’s answer. His ears tilt back a bit as he ponders the conundrum. It isn’t lost on him that Spider’s tone is uncertain, but he won’t point it out. He could have tactfulness when he wanted. But as Spider finishes, Wilder looks down at them, a curious look upon his face rather than the expected emotion of anger.

“So what yer sayin’ is that they’re more of a servant than a slave? I ain’ know anyone who’d treat a slave so… kindly,” Wilder poses the words because they’re true. If they were free to move up ranks and were fed, bathed, and housed, could they even be considered a slave? Or just a wolf that needed to pay back for the bad thing they’d done? At least Spider’s answer brought him some sort of clarity.

“I s’pose it makes sense. Jus’… odd for someone like myself,” Wilder admits, a shrug of his shoulders as if to say they didn’t need to keep talking about it.