Bearclaw Valley Tomorrow

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History often favored the winner — biased by whichever side was speaking. Galena could tell the moment of Ico's petite revelation from a minute change in his expression. Though the instigator, Santiago, was stubborn... it, truly, had been Ursus' wolves to attack first and draw blood. Could such a skirmish be solved without teeth? Galena thought so... but that wasn't the way of Ursus. Violence proved to always be their knee-jerk response. She would have to remember this.

"I see," she said with a careful tuck of her chin. "That is too bad... that our wolves had to be hurt. But I appreciate your candor, Ico. You know... in my old clan we called historians Navigators, because they led the way forward based on the past. Their unbias was paramount and they took great pride in this role. It was one of the highest ranking positions."

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