[Katchoo]

As the trio of humans approach the cave entrance, a lone wolf watches on from behind some tall grass.

Despite the changing of the world around, the scent of man remains. The wolf, with it's soft grey coat and odd ocean blue eyes, had watched the group come together at the patch of land near the water.

At first the wolf was going to sneak in and snatch a piece of meat from Narp's pack, but the arrival of the other 2 humans had forced a change of thought. The wolf was fully aware of the opinon of man towards animals and did not want to provoke a confrontation. Stealth was an animals greatest ally and key to endurance out among the trees.

So now the wolf lay still, watching these 3 and listening to their words. Quite often the wolf would wonder how the human world would react if they realized many of the animals out among the trees could comprehend their language. Fear would be the likely response, and the reason almost all of the animals capable of comprehending the complex human language kept this ability to themselves.

Silent. The wolf would remain silent. And watch. And understand.