Noctisardor Bypass The Fox & The Hound

She inspected the skin, though Druid couldn’t glean anything useful from its appearance or odor. Her mind remained on the large cat as Mahler spoke of its solitary habits. They were strange to her, though she realized it was a likely a good thing for the wolves. If cougars were to combine forces, they would be indomitable, a thought which sent a shudder down her spine.

I didn’t know there were bigger predators out there, Druid admitted to the Graf. Are there others? she wondered with some trepidation. She knew of several smaller predators but she hadn’t realized…

Suddenly, a memory tickled at her. Heda told me about sharks. But she said they live in the water… Druid’s lips pursed as she recollected their merry conversation. At the time, she hadn’t been able to properly conceptualize a creature capable of eating wolves, despite her sister’s dire words.

But with the colossal cat still fresh in her memory, Druid swallowed thickly as she realized wolves were not necessarily at the top of the food chain like she had always taken for granted.