Sleepy Fox Hollow take me down the dusty side

You vill teach me!

Emmerich waved his tail with encouragement. It would be good to have a friend that could share new things with him. Mahler had tried. The gargoyle had managed to touch Isa with his knowledge, far more than he had with the pale-headed son. It was not because he thought the subject to be poor. The young wolf had merely wished to deviate from his sister’s interests – a show of uniqueness.

My sister is good with herbs and she listens to our papa vhen he teaches these things. I vant to be a guardian. I like to patrol and to meet new faces at the border. It makes me feel I am keeping my home safe.

Emmerich hoped that he wouldn’t turn Siku away with talk of these things. The life of a guardian was like that of a soldier. The speckled boy had fled from that life, leaving Mereo and its culture behind him. The young man did not want Siku to think that he couldn’t share his interests, too.