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"let's go, then." he began to pad off, but not before river had chirped his two-part question. a smile bloomed over aditya's face. "maybe," he answered to the first, and as to the second. . . "we don't usually eat coyotes," adi explained. "they look like wolves, but smaller and thinner. we don't mess with them unless they mess with us first."

it was too much of a conversation to be had with the youngster that coyotes and wolves sometimes interbred, or that sometimes the creatures lived among packs. for now, they were the other, and he preferred it that way. aditya had no particular dislike of coyotes, but they did have a tendency to bring discord with them everywhere they went.

the pair of wolves padded the border, adi keeping a swift but manageable pace. once they reached the line, he lifted his leg and sprayed over a bush, making sure it was well saturated before moving on. "it keeps our enemies out and lets our friends know we're here," he explained to river, in case the young one had questions about what this was all about. "you can give it a go, if you'd like."