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Arrluk's lips pulled back into a tight frown as he listened to his mother's words. She explained, best she could, given that 'these were things spirits knew and would teach'. Arrluk never felt like he had taken his family for granted, that he felt as though each moment were precious but... maybe not. He was still so young, so much to learn, to understand. Things which the spirits were meant to teach, he supposed. 

The oddly marked boy once more was silent a time. His ears swept back, his blue and green gaze to the earth between his paws. 

Then, What if I don't want to go? What if I go and they never say anything? He was stubborn, reluctant to leave home for long. What if he came back and someone else was missing? Someone else dead?