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Their encounter did not go the way that Yao had expected. The wolf — Yao could not discern whether or not they were male or female — had slipped into a submissive posture and distanced themself from him. He tilted his head. It is I who should be deferring to you, Yao said softly, a confused smile flickering across his lips. You are the elder here, are you not? Yao, though larger than the stranger, had to be the younger. There was something about the wolf's eyes — cold and sharp — that belied their experience in his mind.