Emberwood Walking and the sky keeps falling down

Takiyok had also been lucky enough to never actually have a run in with them, but she described the close encounter her children had. He couldn't even imagine how frightening that must have been for her to have her children at risk from those maniacs. He nodded, slowly, unsure how much he should divulge of her story. He remembered Aphrodite's tears, the rawness of her paw where she had chewed from emotional torment. She had spoken of Donovan almost fondly, at least in the sense that she did not blame him completely for what had happened. That part had never made sense to him.
Yeah, he said, looking away. Donovan, their leader. Back before they were fully formed. He.. she told me about him attacking her. About what he did to her. She told me he even apologized about it later, but I don't think a man can do something like that and be good in any sense of the word. I would kill him for it, even now. Even though she is gone, Taikon explained. He knew that it wasn't right to speak secrets of the dead, so he was careful with his working.
He looked at Takiyok, intensely, meaning his words. He knew from the stories of Donovan that he was also unlikely to be able to take such a man one on one, but if he had the power, he absolutely would kill such a creature. He was no wolf. He was no man.