Bearclaw Valley Bring Out Your Wild Side

He quite understood the gratitude for Merrick's kindness — and although the Alpha's motivations were more mysterious than that, it did indeed seem there was lucid goodness in some of his actions.

As for Ulysses complimenting Ico's hunting skills, such as they were... the boy barely concealed a cringe as he glanced down at the mouse. Evidently the dog-wolf had not noticed that it had only three legs. Either that or he was pretending not to, and kindness was once more the subject of the moment.

He was startled but very intrigued by the offer. I'd love to join you in a hunt, but, erm... I may be better off playing lookout, staying out of your way. I'm really not very good at hunting. He really wasn't very good at anything.