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fancy's skepticism slowly paled beneath her provided clarity. selenia nodded. "one of the bison, umini, well. she was the one who convinced her clan to take me in. their herd has many family groups who travel together. only her relatives tolerated me on their side of the grass."

"and you're right about deer, but they have to stay close. they leave their fawns in the deadfall. wolves roaming means dead fawns. elk are the the rudest," selenia declared, taking another hungry mouthful of fernleaf. "they truly think they're better than all the other plant eaters, because they're tall, but once i helped one get his dumb antlers unstuck and he told me that each elk can be called upon to help, just once."

there was more to say about caribou and antelope, but selenia went on eating now, casting a protective eye on silverbirch and then cedar.