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As she spoke of dangers and instincts, he felt a chill of recognition stir within him. He understood well the need to discern between genuine threats and deceptive calm. Each scenario she described sparked in him a flicker of memories—times when his instincts had guided him safely and moments when he had learned from painful mistakes. A run in with a bear, a wrong step when training that sent him sprawling to the ground. But this was slightly different, yet not unlike previous lessons she had given them.

Her blunt admission about expecting hostility resonated with him; he too was often braced for confrontation, knowing that his presence could provoke challenges. Her reminder that they were not invincible… was a reminder of how easily life could be taken from any one of them. It made his fur bristle.
The silence that followed her words weighed heavily, especially after her sobering reminder: the dead cannot learn.


"Ludovic Praetor-Inferos"