The Bracken Woods there is no other word for spirit

He had not seen any of mankind, but she did not trust just yet that this land was free of them. Not until she had scouted further south, and took her path east and west, would she be able to confirm that she had fled far enough. She did not endeavor to cohabitate with man anymore after what she had seen.

He inquired as to why she left, and though her gaze had drifted to glance through the trees around them, it returned to him. She flicked her tail. "Because it is not wise to stay where death is more probable than life," answered Rionach, who would not spill her life's story to this perfect stranger, and who would even hesitate to share many details at all to a close friend. To say again, it was law not to look back. The lesson she carried with her was that man was too dangerous to live near, too unpredictable, and certainly too vicious. Unlike a bear, a cougar, or even other wolves, it was difficult to avoid all of man's traps and tricks, and unlike these other predators, man seemed to kill for sport and sport alone. It was beyond her to understand that he perceived cattle to belong to him, and that her kind was persecuted for theft of his property.

"Why did you leave your home?" By his answer about man, she was not lead to believe that he had spent much time nearby at all.