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That was a shame about the hunting. Towhee's pups were growing, and so were their appetites. 

The stranger admitted that he had killed before, and Fennec took that as... a positive thing? Rue wasn't sure what was more surprising; the new recruit's honesty, or her fellow regent's response. Did one kill in self-defense make this man a fighter? Rue herself once taken out a man's eye by complete accident.

Perhaps Fennec was thinking along the same lines, because she challenged the man on the spot. It was a fight that Rue would had loved to witness, but as quickly as the challenge was made, it was retracted. Or rather, delayed. This conversation was full of surprising twists and turns, it seemed. 

If he and Fennec had covered introductions earlier, she hadn't been present to hear them. Rue would wait for him to give his response to Fennec before asking simply, "What do we call you?"