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Adeline was clearly confused, and possibly hurt. Ezekiel had to fix that, and now he understood why she was that way. Her mother had tried to eat her brother. Ezekiel knew what it was like to absently believe everything your mother said to be true. He'd done that for far too long. But Adeline didn't need to worry. They were different. Zaria had been a good woman, insensitive perhaps, he didn't really know. But she'd only tried to have her children eat their brother to keep them alive. Well if someone is already dead, it's ok to eat them. They aren't in their bodies anymore. But if you kill somebody to eat them, that's different.

The more Zeke thought about it the more confused he made himself. But he had to correct the issue. While he wanted Adeline to grow into an adept fighter, he did not want to see her become a murderer. Killing hurts people. Like if I killed you, I would make everyone in this pack hate me, and they would be really sad, and you wouldn't get to grow up. That would be horrible. We only eat each other when we need to, like when your mom ate your brother. That was ok, she was trying to help you and she didn't kill him. He got too hungry and just died. But killing to eat other people isn't ok, especially if you have other food options. You could always just eat those little mice instead!

He smiled at the end of his sentence, booping Adeline on the nose. The little girl was still standing on his stomach, he didn't want to move in fear of her falling and getting hurt. So he'd just wait until she jumped down on her own.