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The panther listened gravely, secretly pleased the be confided in. This pleasure brought with it guilt as well — but it was not his fault that Chakliux had been hurt, so he tried to shut that away.

"It is as you say, seal hunter. They are made for one man, and expect the same of their husbands," he said quietly. "This is not wrong of them. They cannot help how they were made any more than you can. And sometimes when love sparks, hurt is the only answer. This is not wrong, either. This is life. For as long as you love as a seal hunter does, there will be those who cannot easily understand. They want you to change, but does a part of you not wish the same of them?"

But through all this speech, the main emotion was this: "I am sorry, Chakliux. That they cannot see your loyal heart, and that they discount the fierceness of your love. I believe these things of you. It was perhaps the first thing I knew of your spirit."