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"All right," Peregrine said when Pura expressed interest in playacting some scenarios. "The worst possible thing that can happen is that a wolf will trespass and walk freely in our territory. How you respond depends on how that wolf behaves before and after being confronted. Is he simply walking around lost? Or is he hunting and pissing on our territory? Then what does he do when confronted? Does he submit? Does he run away? Does he challenge?"

The Alpha gave the freckled boy a moment to process these rhetorical questions before answering them. "It is within your right to kill any trespasser on sight. However, if you feel like exercising restraint, chasing them off our land works too. If you're feeling especially friendly and they apologize and submit, you can escort them to the borders." Peregrine shifted, then finished, "As for me personally... I nearly always attempt to kill. I don't tolerate trespassers. But that's just one approach."

He would give Pura a moment to absorb all of that, then perhaps he would pretend to be various types of interlopers to see how the young boy responded. Would he react differently to an innocent mistake versus a willful trespass? Or would he take after his dunk, treating all trespassers as deserving the death penalty?