Bearclaw Valley ghost of a monster child

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when merrick called, the bear came. he roamed in distant edges of the valley, but now he found his way to the sound, peeking out from foliage as if afraid that the wolves might see him. but his head stuck up, and beady black eyes witnessed bloodshed. a wolf. why was merrick howling? was this wolf a threat? it looked beaten half-to-death, and though jaylen was not purposefully violent, he was no stranger to killing. he was a meat-eater, after all. perhaps then, this is what that was. the bear recalled that tough times called for cannibalism in the north, and though he was not sure why times would be tough in midsummer, maybe these wolves were hungry. and so he watched on, unable to pull himself away, staining his brain with the image of ursus' bloodlust.