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He watched as the cat fought, even to its dying breath. He watched as Kallik moved in but didn't see him pinch at the throat or tear at it, somehow.

Glaukos was irradiated by the overwhelming sense of power, control, and superiority that came at the end of any long combat — he wanted it to go on for a while longer, and time did feel as if it slowed as he stared down at the cougar while it died; but it wasn't enough. Soon the cat was indeed dead, and it was then that a great stillness descended.

We should -- back, Kallik's voice was a mix of high-pitched tinnitus to Glaukos, and the actual words piercing between.

The boy looked over the body of the cat to Kallik as he mentioned healing, and nodded; it was then he noticed how sharp the pain was in his own body. How stiff his shoulder was quickly becoming. He didn't have words for this moment; it was a temporary peace brokered between the two of them through mutual survival, which was perhaps Germanicus' goal.

He began to move, finding his way around the cougar's remains to Kallik's side, where he offered his good shoulder for the soldier to lean on.