Blacktail Deer Plateau Take me in your army

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the child grasped the moosebone defensively, seeming to shrink into the shadows that already veiled most of his slim body. prostrating himself where he stood, lasher stretched his belly against the earth and slid ecru ears backward, attempting to make himself appear smaller.

again he called wordlessly to the boy, signalling himself as a companion and one who meant the child no harm; nor did he wish the bone for himself.