Happy Hunting Party Ends in Unspoken Tension
Victorious Commander Carries Prize Back to Camp. But Loses Something Vital in the Woods. Friends: 'He Left Us and Returned a Different Man.'
Following a successful hunt in the Western Wild, young Warlord Muk-Mudon returns to camp with a prize sorrel buck draped across his shoulders. His friends should be celebrating—but something feels deeply wrong.
The over-broad smile. The curious bright eyes. The unspoken ritual performed alone in the woods.
By firelight, Bellaphorus, Imafel, and Cloust celebrate with "somber reservation," unable to name the looming, unnatural presence that now commands their deference. They sense it: their friend left them in those woods and returned a different man.
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