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listening
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to
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Voice
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of
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Dog.
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is
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Rob
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MacWolf,
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your
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fellow
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traveler,
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and
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Today’s
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story
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is “Antiherd
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Tendencies”
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by
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Bighorn Bill,
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a
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student
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of
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the
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natural
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world.
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enjoy
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Tendencies”
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by
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Bighorn
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Bill
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wouldn’t
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miss
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Blue
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Meadow.
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Sure,
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there
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were
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the
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common
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complaints.
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Expenses,
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crowding,
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even
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claims
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of
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a
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better
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garden
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state
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nearby.
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Basil’s
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issues
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ran
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deeper
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than
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that.
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bugle
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and
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bustle
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of
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stag
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life
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could
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only
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end
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in
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tragedy.
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He
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gripped
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the
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steering
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wheel
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tighter,
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and
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upon
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noticing
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this,
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took
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a
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breath.
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Then
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released.
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No
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matter
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what,
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this
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was
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going
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to
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be
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a
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good
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way.
Basil
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drove
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through
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the
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mountains,
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well
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past
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the
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roads
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anyone
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bothered
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to
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restore
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or
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maintain.
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Oppressive
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heat
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enveloped
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the
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pickup,
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kept
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at
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bay
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only
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by
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blasting
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the
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AC
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through
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his
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fur.
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roads
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teemed
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with
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danger.
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potholes,
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the
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sharp
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turns,
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sure, but
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these
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were
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hunter’s
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roads.
Wolves.
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Nomadic
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packs
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traveling
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by
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hoof or
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by
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car.
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A
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colleague
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once
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called
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them “teeth
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on
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wheels.”
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Basil
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found
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that
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uncharitable
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coming
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from
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a
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stag
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who
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locked
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antlers
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over
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lost
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bets.
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Maybe
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he’d
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be
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humble
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under
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the
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threat
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of
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predation.
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Less
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deer
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might
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mean
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less
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conflict.
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So
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Basil
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held
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no
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ill
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will
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towards
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the
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wolves,
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only
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hope
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that
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they
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would
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leave
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him
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alone.
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That’s
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why
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he
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needed
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to
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blend
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in.
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kept
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mimicry
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simple:
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a
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tarp
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over
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boxes
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of
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supplies.
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reapplied
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scent
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killer
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every
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hour
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under
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a
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bulky
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coat
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that
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hid
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his
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silhouette.
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most
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drastic
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of
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all,
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his
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antlers
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were
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gone.
Basil
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preferred
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his
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antlers
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chopped.
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He
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didn’t
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mind
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tugging
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his
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cap side
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to side
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to
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scratch
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the
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itchy
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stumps.
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The
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average
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buck
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wanted
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his
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horns
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as
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big
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as
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possible.
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As
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impractical
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as
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possible.
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Demanding
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a
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wide
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berth
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for
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the
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sake
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of
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one’s
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own
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ego.
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Basil’s
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grip
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tightened
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on
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the
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wheel.
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Proving
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his
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own
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staghood
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could
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never
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be
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worth
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jabbing
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others,
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bellowing
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at the top
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of
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his
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lungs
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as
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he
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slammed
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mindless
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pairs
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of
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antlers.
Trees
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lined
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either
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side
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of
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the
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cracked
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road.
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Boulders
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and trees
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jutted
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out to
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the
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right.
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Castles
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with
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tall
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pillars,
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flags
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of
329
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the
330
00:02:27,990 --> 00:02:29,370:
mountain.
331
00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:29,520:
On
332
00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:30,060:
occasion,
333
00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:30,131:
a
334
00:02:30,131 --> 00:02:30,539:
boulder
335
00:02:30,539 --> 00:02:30,870:
broke
336
00:02:30,870 --> 00:02:30,960:
the
337
00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:31,409:
smooth
338
00:02:31,409 --> 00:02:31,889:
monotony
339
00:02:31,889 --> 00:02:31,979:
of
340
00:02:31,979 --> 00:02:32,069:
the
341
00:02:32,069 --> 00:02:33,030:
drive.
342
00:02:33,030 --> 00:02:33,150:
He
343
00:02:33,150 --> 00:02:33,599:
calmly
344
00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:33,900:
tilted
345
00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:34,050:
the
346
00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:34,349:
wheel,
347
00:02:34,349 --> 00:02:34,770:
allowing
348
00:02:34,770 --> 00:02:34,919:
his
349
00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:35,430:
hands
350
00:02:35,430 --> 00:02:35,520:
and
351
00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:35,610:
the
352
00:02:35,610 --> 00:02:35,939:
road
353
00:02:35,939 --> 00:02:36,060:
to
354
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guide
355
00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:36,449:
the
356
00:02:36,449 --> 00:02:36,870:
truck
357
00:02:36,870 --> 00:02:37,469:
safely
358
00:02:37,469 --> 00:02:39,060:
around.
359
00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:39,810:
Boxes
360
00:02:39,810 --> 00:02:40,259:
rattled
361
00:02:40,259 --> 00:02:40,379:
in
362
00:02:40,379 --> 00:02:40,469:
the
363
00:02:40,469 --> 00:02:40,800:
truck
364
00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:41,699:
bed.
365
00:02:41,699 --> 00:02:41,819:
The
366
00:02:41,819 --> 00:02:42,150:
rocks
367
00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:42,240:
to
368
00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:42,509:
either
369
00:02:42,509 --> 00:02:42,870:
side
370
00:02:42,870 --> 00:02:43,050:
grew
371
00:02:43,050 --> 00:02:44,400:
taller.
372
00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:44,550:
They
373
00:02:44,550 --> 00:02:44,939:
sloped
374
00:02:44,939 --> 00:02:45,719:
inwards
375
00:02:45,719 --> 00:02:45,840:
and
376
00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:46,259:
scattered
377
00:02:46,259 --> 00:02:46,560:
rocks
378
00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:46,645:
all
379
00:02:46,645 --> 00:02:46,860:
over
380
00:02:46,860 --> 00:02:46,949:
the
381
00:02:46,949 --> 00:02:48,569:
road.
382
00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:48,689:
The
383
00:02:48,689 --> 00:02:49,169:
holes
384
00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:49,289:
and
385
00:02:49,289 --> 00:02:49,740:
cracks
386
00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:49,770:
were
387
00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:50,189:
already
388
00:02:50,189 --> 00:02:51,659:
teeth-rattling,
389
00:02:51,659 --> 00:02:51,840:
but
390
00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:52,080:
this
391
00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:52,289:
had
392
00:02:52,289 --> 00:02:52,680:
Basil
393
00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:53,099:
fearing
394
00:02:53,099 --> 00:02:53,250:
for
395
00:02:53,250 --> 00:02:53,370:
his
396
00:02:53,370 --> 00:02:55,560:
suspension.
397
00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:55,740:
His
398
00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:56,039:
eyes
399
00:02:56,039 --> 00:02:56,310:
swept
400
00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:56,460:
over
401
00:02:56,460 --> 00:02:56,550:
the
402
00:02:56,550 --> 00:02:56,849:
road
403
00:02:56,849 --> 00:02:56,939:
and
404
00:02:56,939 --> 00:02:57,270:
mapped
405
00:02:57,270 --> 00:02:57,419:
out
406
00:02:57,419 --> 00:02:57,539:
the
407
00:02:57,539 --> 00:02:58,050:
path
408
00:02:58,050 --> 00:02:58,469:
least
409
00:02:58,469 --> 00:02:59,099:
likely
410
00:02:59,099 --> 00:02:59,250:
to
411
00:02:59,250 --> 00:02:59,460:
give
412
00:02:59,460 --> 00:02:59,610:
him
413
00:02:59,610 --> 00:02:59,669:
a
414
00:02:59,669 --> 00:02:59,969:
flat
415
00:02:59,969 --> 00:03:01,229:
tire.
416
00:03:01,229 --> 00:03:01,349:
The
417
00:03:01,349 --> 00:03:01,590:
road
418
00:03:01,590 --> 00:03:02,550:
calmed,
419
00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:02,669:
and
420
00:03:02,669 --> 00:03:02,759:
he
421
00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:03,090:
pressed
422
00:03:03,090 --> 00:03:03,210:
his
423
00:03:03,210 --> 00:03:03,449:
hoof
424
00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:03,569:
on
425
00:03:03,569 --> 00:03:03,659:
the
426
00:03:03,659 --> 00:03:03,930:
pedal
427
00:03:03,930 --> 00:03:04,139:
even
428
00:03:04,139 --> 00:03:06,810:
harder.
Basil’s
429
00:03:06,810 --> 00:03:07,229:
eyes
430
00:03:07,229 --> 00:03:07,500:
flicked
431
00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:07,590:
to
432
00:03:07,590 --> 00:03:07,710:
the
433
00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:08,067:
rear view
434
00:03:08,067 --> 00:03:09,180:
mirror.
435
00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:09,360:
They
436
00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:09,960:
widened,
437
00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,110:
then
438
00:03:10,110 --> 00:03:11,759:
narrowed.
439
00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:11,879:
When
440
00:03:11,879 --> 00:03:12,030:
did
441
00:03:12,030 --> 00:03:12,240:
that
442
00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:12,539:
truck
443
00:03:12,539 --> 00:03:12,810:
get
444
00:03:12,810 --> 00:03:14,819:
there?
445
00:03:14,819 --> 00:03:15,389:
Anxiety
446
00:03:15,389 --> 00:03:15,750:
prickled
447
00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:15,900:
his
448
00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:16,259:
ears,
449
00:03:16,259 --> 00:03:16,379:
but
450
00:03:16,379 --> 00:03:16,500:
he
451
00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:16,830:
willed
452
00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:17,009:
them
453
00:03:17,009 --> 00:03:17,219:
to a
454
00:03:17,219 --> 00:03:17,669:
soothing
455
00:03:17,669 --> 00:03:18,030:
resting
456
00:03:18,030 --> 00:03:18,990:
position.
457
00:03:18,990 --> 00:03:19,110:
He
458
00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:19,319:
took
459
00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:19,620:
another
460
00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:19,979:
look
461
00:03:19,979 --> 00:03:20,099:
at
462
00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:20,189:
the
463
00:03:20,189 --> 00:03:22,979:
mirror.
Floodlights
464
00:03:22,979 --> 00:03:23,159:
and
465
00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:23,759:
harvested
466
00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:24,300:
antlers
467
00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:24,629:
crowned
468
00:03:24,629 --> 00:03:24,719:
the
469
00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:24,939:
roof of
470
00:03:24,939 --> 00:03:25,050:
the
471
00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:26,819:
truck.
472
00:03:26,819 --> 00:03:27,270:
If Basil
473
00:03:27,270 --> 00:03:27,479:
didn’t
474
00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:27,629:
know
475
00:03:27,629 --> 00:03:27,780:
any
476
00:03:27,780 --> 00:03:28,020:
better,
477
00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:28,139:
he’d
478
00:03:28,139 --> 00:03:28,349:
think
479
00:03:28,349 --> 00:03:28,409:
it
480
00:03:28,409 --> 00:03:28,530:
was
481
00:03:28,530 --> 00:03:28,770:
another
482
00:03:28,770 --> 00:03:30,210:
stag.
483
00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:30,360:
The
484
00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:30,719:
olive
485
00:03:30,719 --> 00:03:30,960:
paint
486
00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,259:
job
487
00:03:31,259 --> 00:03:31,409:
was
488
00:03:31,409 --> 00:03:31,800:
mottled
489
00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:31,949:
with
490
00:03:31,949 --> 00:03:32,219:
brown
491
00:03:32,219 --> 00:03:32,340:
and
492
00:03:32,340 --> 00:03:33,210:
red.
493
00:03:33,210 --> 00:03:33,479:
Mud
494
00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:33,599:
and
495
00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:35,370:
blood?
496
00:03:35,370 --> 00:03:35,432:
This
497
00:03:35,432 --> 00:03:35,610:
could
498
00:03:35,610 --> 00:03:35,789:
only
499
00:03:35,789 --> 00:03:35,883:
be
500
00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:35,939:
a
501
00:03:35,939 --> 00:03:36,330:
hunting
502
00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:38,219:
car.
503
00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:38,550:
Basil
504
00:03:38,550 --> 00:03:38,939:
swallowed
505
00:03:38,939 --> 00:03:39,300:
hard,
506
00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:39,719:
resisting
507
00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:39,810:
the
508
00:03:39,810 --> 00:03:40,080:
urge
509
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,229:
to
510
00:03:40,229 --> 00:03:41,129:
pant.
511
00:03:41,129 --> 00:03:41,280:
If
512
00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:41,340:
he
513
00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:41,610:
showed
514
00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:42,599:
fear,
515
00:03:42,599 --> 00:03:42,750:
they
516
00:03:42,750 --> 00:03:42,930:
would
517
00:03:42,930 --> 00:03:43,349:
recognize
518
00:03:43,349 --> 00:03:43,469:
him
519
00:03:43,469 --> 00:03:43,590:
as
520
00:03:43,590 --> 00:03:45,719:
prey.
521
00:03:45,719 --> 00:03:45,840:
He
522
00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:46,259:
eased
523
00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:46,379:
on
524
00:03:46,379 --> 00:03:46,469:
the
525
00:03:46,469 --> 00:03:47,550:
gas.
526
00:03:47,550 --> 00:03:47,669:
The
527
00:03:47,669 --> 00:03:48,030:
terrain
528
00:03:48,030 --> 00:03:48,360:
slowed
529
00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:48,449:
the
530
00:03:48,449 --> 00:03:48,689:
car
531
00:03:48,689 --> 00:03:48,810:
to
532
00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:48,870:
a
533
00:03:48,870 --> 00:03:49,199:
resting
534
00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:49,650:
position
535
00:03:49,650 --> 00:03:49,800:
on
536
00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:49,889:
the
537
00:03:49,889 --> 00:03:50,159:
side
538
00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:50,219:
of
539
00:03:50,219 --> 00:03:50,310:
the
540
00:03:50,310 --> 00:03:52,860:
road.
541
00:03:52,860 --> 00:03:52,979:
The
542
00:03:52,979 --> 00:03:53,310:
engine
543
00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:56,400:
idled.
But
544
00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:56,699:
instead
545
00:03:56,699 --> 00:03:56,789:
of
546
00:03:56,789 --> 00:03:57,180:
passing
547
00:03:57,180 --> 00:03:57,330:
him,
548
00:03:57,330 --> 00:03:57,419:
the
549
00:03:57,419 --> 00:03:57,719:
hunting
550
00:03:57,719 --> 00:03:58,020:
party
551
00:03:58,020 --> 00:03:58,530:
swerved
552
00:03:58,530 --> 00:03:58,650:
and
553
00:03:58,650 --> 00:03:58,889:
braked
554
00:03:58,889 --> 00:03:58,979:
in
555
00:03:58,979 --> 00:03:59,189:
front
556
00:03:59,189 --> 00:03:59,250:
of
557
00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:00,449:
him.
558
00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:00,810:
Out
559
00:04:00,810 --> 00:04:01,259:
popped
560
00:04:01,259 --> 00:04:01,289:
a
561
00:04:01,289 --> 00:04:01,680:
wolf
562
00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:01,830:
with
563
00:04:01,830 --> 00:04:02,250:
rusty
564
00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:04,349:
fur.
565
00:04:04,349 --> 00:04:04,560:
She
566
00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:04,979:
signaled
567
00:04:04,979 --> 00:04:05,069:
to
568
00:04:05,069 --> 00:04:05,159:
the
569
00:04:05,159 --> 00:04:05,400:
others
570
00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:05,520:
in
571
00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:05,580:
the
572
00:04:05,580 --> 00:04:06,120:
car,
573
00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:06,389:
ears
574
00:04:06,389 --> 00:04:06,810:
flattened
575
00:04:06,810 --> 00:04:06,869:
as
576
00:04:06,869 --> 00:04:07,050:
she
577
00:04:07,050 --> 00:04:07,500:
approached
578
00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:07,620:
her
579
00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:09,150:
prey.
580
00:04:09,150 --> 00:04:09,659:
Basil’s
581
00:04:09,659 --> 00:04:10,139:
muscles
582
00:04:10,139 --> 00:04:10,500:
locked
583
00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:10,590:
in
584
00:04:10,590 --> 00:04:11,639:
place.
585
00:04:11,639 --> 00:04:11,819:
His
586
00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:12,150:
hooves
587
00:04:12,150 --> 00:04:12,569:
melded
588
00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:12,659:
to the
589
00:04:12,659 --> 00:04:13,020:
steering
590
00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:15,078:
wheel. The
591
00:04:15,078 --> 00:04:15,659:
wolf slinked
592
00:04:15,659 --> 00:04:15,840:
over
593
00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:15,960:
to
594
00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:16,050:
his
595
00:04:16,050 --> 00:04:16,350:
window
596
00:04:16,350 --> 00:04:16,439:
and
597
00:04:16,439 --> 00:04:17,579:
crouched
598
00:04:17,579 --> 00:04:17,730:
as
599
00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:17,850:
if
600
00:04:17,850 --> 00:04:19,170:
bowing.
601
00:04:19,170 --> 00:04:19,350:
Now
602
00:04:19,350 --> 00:04:19,529:
her
603
00:04:19,529 --> 00:04:19,920:
ears
604
00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:20,189:
stood
605
00:04:20,189 --> 00:04:20,579:
straight
606
00:04:20,579 --> 00:04:22,500:
up.
607
00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:22,889:
Yellow
608
00:04:22,889 --> 00:04:24,389:
star-thistle.
609
00:04:24,389 --> 00:04:24,660:
That’s
610
00:04:24,660 --> 00:04:24,839:
all
611
00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:24,930:
that
612
00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:25,110:
came
613
00:04:25,110 --> 00:04:25,199:
to
614
00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:25,470:
mind
615
00:04:25,470 --> 00:04:25,560:
as
616
00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:25,680:
her
617
00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:26,370:
eyes
618
00:04:26,370 --> 00:04:26,730:
pierced
619
00:04:26,730 --> 00:04:26,819:
through
620
00:04:26,819 --> 00:04:26,910:
the
621
00:04:26,910 --> 00:04:28,829:
glass.
622
00:04:28,829 --> 00:04:28,980:
As
623
00:04:28,980 --> 00:04:29,069:
a
624
00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:29,519:
child,
625
00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:29,850:
Basil
626
00:04:29,850 --> 00:04:29,970:
would
627
00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:30,180:
leave
628
00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:30,269:
the
629
00:04:30,269 --> 00:04:30,629:
safety
630
00:04:30,629 --> 00:04:30,689:
of
631
00:04:30,689 --> 00:04:30,810:
his
632
00:04:30,810 --> 00:04:31,019:
home
633
00:04:31,019 --> 00:04:31,079:
to
634
00:04:31,079 --> 00:04:31,199:
get
635
00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:31,589:
lost
636
00:04:31,589 --> 00:04:31,709:
in
637
00:04:31,709 --> 00:04:32,519:
storms.
638
00:04:32,519 --> 00:04:32,639:
The
639
00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:33,029:
rain
640
00:04:33,029 --> 00:04:33,180:
would
641
00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:33,480:
sting
642
00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:33,629:
his
643
00:04:33,629 --> 00:04:33,990:
eyes
644
00:04:33,990 --> 00:04:34,110:
and
645
00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:34,379:
pour
646
00:04:34,379 --> 00:04:34,620:
through
647
00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:35,009:
openings
648
00:04:35,009 --> 00:04:35,100:
in
649
00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:35,220:
his
650
00:04:35,220 --> 00:04:36,269:
parka.
651
00:04:36,269 --> 00:04:37,259:
Shivering,
652
00:04:37,259 --> 00:04:37,439:
he
653
00:04:37,439 --> 00:04:37,560:
would
654
00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:37,800:
take
655
00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:37,889:
in
656
00:04:37,889 --> 00:04:38,009:
the
657
00:04:38,009 --> 00:04:38,970:
smell
658
00:04:38,970 --> 00:04:39,120:
of
659
00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:39,689:
ozone
660
00:04:39,689 --> 00:04:39,810:
and
661
00:04:39,810 --> 00:04:41,339:
soil.
662
00:04:41,339 --> 00:04:41,459:
It
663
00:04:41,459 --> 00:04:41,670:
wouldn’t
664
00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:41,850:
make
665
00:04:41,850 --> 00:04:41,879:
a
666
00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:42,300:
difference
667
00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:42,389:
if
668
00:04:42,389 --> 00:04:42,449:
he
669
00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:42,810:
slipped
670
00:04:42,810 --> 00:04:42,899:
and
671
00:04:42,899 --> 00:04:43,649:
broke,
672
00:04:43,649 --> 00:04:43,800:
if
673
00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:44,220:
chills
674
00:04:44,220 --> 00:04:44,490:
clutched
675
00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:44,610:
his
676
00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:44,939:
body
677
00:04:44,939 --> 00:04:45,029:
and
678
00:04:45,029 --> 00:04:45,240:
never
679
00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:45,420:
let
680
00:04:45,420 --> 00:04:46,050:
go,
681
00:04:46,050 --> 00:04:46,199:
if
682
00:04:46,199 --> 00:04:46,290:
the
683
00:04:46,290 --> 00:04:46,649:
rain
684
00:04:46,649 --> 00:04:47,339:
irradiated
685
00:04:47,339 --> 00:04:48,750:
him.
686
00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:49,110:
Golden
687
00:04:49,110 --> 00:04:49,529:
lightning
688
00:04:49,529 --> 00:04:49,800:
struck
689
00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:50,069:
across
690
00:04:50,069 --> 00:04:50,160:
the
691
00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:50,759:
sky
692
00:04:50,759 --> 00:04:50,910:
and
693
00:04:50,910 --> 00:04:51,149:
sent
694
00:04:51,149 --> 00:04:51,509:
thunder
695
00:04:51,509 --> 00:04:51,689:
through
696
00:04:51,689 --> 00:04:51,839:
his
697
00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,500:
eardrums.
“Go.”
Not
698
00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:55,560:
a
699
00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:55,829:
boom,
700
00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:56,100:
nor a
701
00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:57,389:
howl.
702
00:04:57,389 --> 00:04:57,449:
A
703
00:04:57,449 --> 00:04:57,959:
husky
704
00:04:57,959 --> 00:04:58,350:
whisper
705
00:04:58,350 --> 00:04:58,589:
like
706
00:04:58,589 --> 00:04:58,949:
dried
707
00:04:58,949 --> 00:04:59,399:
insect
708
00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:01,589:
shells.
“Drive,
709
00:05:01,589 --> 00:05:01,829:
don’t
710
00:05:01,829 --> 00:05:02,009:
let
711
00:05:02,009 --> 00:05:02,160:
them
712
00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:02,519:
catch
713
00:05:02,519 --> 00:05:05,550:
you.”
Shaken
714
00:05:05,550 --> 00:05:05,699:
out
715
00:05:05,699 --> 00:05:05,759:
of
716
00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:05,850:
his
717
00:05:05,850 --> 00:05:06,240:
stupor,
718
00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:06,629:
Basil’s
719
00:05:06,629 --> 00:05:07,078:
instincts
720
00:05:07,078 --> 00:05:07,319:
switched
721
00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:07,980:
gears.
722
00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:08,160:
His
723
00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:08,399:
hoof
724
00:05:08,399 --> 00:05:08,490:
hit
725
00:05:08,490 --> 00:05:08,579:
the
726
00:05:08,579 --> 00:05:08,970:
gas
727
00:05:08,970 --> 00:05:09,055:
and
728
00:05:09,055 --> 00:05:09,120:
the
729
00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:09,420:
wolf
730
00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:09,839:
lunged
731
00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:09,959:
out
732
00:05:09,959 --> 00:05:10,019:
of
733
00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:10,110:
his
734
00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:11,160:
way.
735
00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:11,310:
He
736
00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:11,730:
swerved
737
00:05:11,730 --> 00:05:11,970:
around
738
00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:12,102:
their
739
00:05:12,102 --> 00:05:12,360:
truck
740
00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:12,449:
as
741
00:05:12,449 --> 00:05:12,569:
they
742
00:05:12,569 --> 00:05:13,079:
howled,
743
00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:13,379:
gearing
744
00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:13,439:
up
745
00:05:13,439 --> 00:05:13,560:
for
746
00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:13,649:
the
747
00:05:13,649 --> 00:05:13,949:
hunt,
748
00:05:13,949 --> 00:05:14,220:
engine
749
00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:15,629:
revving.
Basil’s
750
00:05:15,629 --> 00:05:15,959:
truck
751
00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:16,350:
tugged
752
00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:16,439:
the
753
00:05:16,439 --> 00:05:16,649:
weight
754
00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:16,740:
of
755
00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:16,860:
his
756
00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:17,250:
cargo
757
00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:17,519:
around
758
00:05:17,519 --> 00:05:17,579:
the
759
00:05:17,579 --> 00:05:18,180:
mountain.
760
00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:18,360:
He’d
761
00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:18,689:
packed
762
00:05:18,689 --> 00:05:19,379:
light
763
00:05:19,379 --> 00:05:19,620:
into
764
00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:19,769:
more
765
00:05:19,769 --> 00:05:22,949:
boxes than he needed. This gave
766
00:05:22,949 --> 00:05:23,100:
him
767
00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:23,250:
the
768
00:05:23,250 --> 00:05:23,790:
illusion
769
00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:23,910:
of
770
00:05:23,910 --> 00:05:23,970:
a
771
00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:24,300:
heavy
772
00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:25,259:
load.
773
00:05:25,259 --> 00:05:25,500:
If
774
00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:25,860:
Basil’s
775
00:05:25,860 --> 00:05:26,519:
research was right,
776
00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:26,910:
they wanted
777
00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:26,970:
to
778
00:05:26,970 --> 00:05:27,149:
run
779
00:05:27,149 --> 00:05:27,300:
him
780
00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:27,810:
down,
781
00:05:27,810 --> 00:05:28,050:
not
782
00:05:28,050 --> 00:05:28,560:
outpace
783
00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,160:
him.
784
00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:29,430:
Better
785
00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:29,519:
for
786
00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:29,670:
them
787
00:05:29,670 --> 00:05:29,759:
to
788
00:05:29,759 --> 00:05:30,420:
underestimate
789
00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:31,230:
him.
790
00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:31,410:
But
791
00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:31,470:
the
792
00:05:31,470 --> 00:05:31,649:
weight
793
00:05:31,649 --> 00:05:31,889:
wasn’t
794
00:05:31,889 --> 00:05:32,639:
nothing.
795
00:05:32,639 --> 00:05:32,850:
At
796
00:05:32,850 --> 00:05:33,120:
this
797
00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:33,360:
height,
798
00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:33,480:
the
799
00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:33,750:
path
800
00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:33,870:
was
801
00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:34,050:
full
802
00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:34,139:
of
803
00:05:34,139 --> 00:05:34,470:
trees
804
00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:34,649:
ready
805
00:05:34,649 --> 00:05:34,800:
to
806
00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:35,129:
batter
807
00:05:35,129 --> 00:05:35,250:
his
808
00:05:35,250 --> 00:05:36,029:
path.
809
00:05:36,029 --> 00:05:36,389:
Taking
810
00:05:36,389 --> 00:05:36,449:
the
811
00:05:36,449 --> 00:05:36,870:
lead
812
00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:37,050:
meant
813
00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:37,199:
he’d
814
00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:37,560:
probably
815
00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:37,709:
hit
816
00:05:37,709 --> 00:05:37,740:
a
817
00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:38,009:
tree
818
00:05:38,009 --> 00:05:38,339:
before
819
00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:38,490:
they
820
00:05:38,490 --> 00:05:39,930:
did.
Basil
821
00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:40,230:
swore
822
00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:40,350:
as
823
00:05:40,350 --> 00:05:40,439:
he
824
00:05:40,439 --> 00:05:40,740:
turned
825
00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:40,889:
with his
826
00:05:40,889 --> 00:05:41,100:
whole
827
00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:42,089:
body.
828
00:05:42,089 --> 00:05:42,240:
He
829
00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,110:
overshot,
830
00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:43,259:
the
831
00:05:43,259 --> 00:05:43,500:
front
832
00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:43,740:
right
833
00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:44,069:
collided
834
00:05:44,069 --> 00:05:44,161:
with
835
00:05:44,161 --> 00:05:44,219:
the
836
00:05:44,219 --> 00:05:44,430:
side
837
00:05:44,430 --> 00:05:44,490:
of
838
00:05:44,490 --> 00:05:44,579:
the
839
00:05:44,579 --> 00:05:45,629:
mountain.
840
00:05:45,629 --> 00:05:45,750:
He
841
00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:46,050:
spun
842
00:05:46,050 --> 00:05:46,139:
the
843
00:05:46,139 --> 00:05:46,319:
wheel
844
00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:46,620:
towards
845
00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:46,679:
the
846
00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:47,100:
center,
847
00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:47,550:
lurching the
848
00:05:47,550 --> 00:05:47,850:
car
849
00:05:47,850 --> 00:05:48,060:
out
850
00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:48,149:
of
851
00:05:48,149 --> 00:05:48,209:
a
852
00:05:48,209 --> 00:05:48,449:
full
853
00:05:48,449 --> 00:05:49,290:
collision.
854
00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:49,379:
The
855
00:05:49,379 --> 00:05:49,649:
truck
856
00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:50,189:
limped,
857
00:05:50,189 --> 00:05:50,670:
rising
858
00:05:50,670 --> 00:05:50,759:
and
859
00:05:50,759 --> 00:05:51,089:
falling
860
00:05:51,089 --> 00:05:51,209:
with
861
00:05:51,209 --> 00:05:51,420:
each
862
00:05:51,420 --> 00:05:51,660:
turn
863
00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:51,720:
of
864
00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:51,779:
the
865
00:05:51,779 --> 00:05:52,050:
front
866
00:05:52,050 --> 00:05:52,290:
right
867
00:05:52,290 --> 00:05:53,250:
wheel.
868
00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:53,639:
Howls
869
00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:53,910:
rang
870
00:05:53,910 --> 00:05:54,089:
out
871
00:05:54,089 --> 00:05:54,181:
as
872
00:05:54,181 --> 00:05:54,839:
the wolves descended
873
00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:54,959:
on
874
00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:57,180:
him.
Basil’s vision
875
00:05:57,180 --> 00:05:58,050:
blurred.
876
00:05:58,050 --> 00:05:58,170:
He
877
00:05:58,170 --> 00:05:58,410:
blinked
878
00:05:58,410 --> 00:05:58,500:
it
879
00:05:58,500 --> 00:05:58,649:
back
880
00:05:58,649 --> 00:05:58,740:
to
881
00:05:58,740 --> 00:05:59,250:
sharpness,
882
00:05:59,250 --> 00:05:59,519:
eyes
883
00:05:59,519 --> 00:05:59,699:
wide
884
00:05:59,699 --> 00:05:59,790:
on
885
00:05:59,790 --> 00:05:59,879:
the
886
00:05:59,879 --> 00:06:00,389:
road.
887
00:06:00,389 --> 00:06:00,540:
It
888
00:06:00,540 --> 00:06:00,839:
stretched
889
00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:01,199:
forward
890
00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:01,410:
before
891
00:06:01,410 --> 00:06:01,500:
an
892
00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:02,040:
abrupt
893
00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:02,430:
left
894
00:06:02,430 --> 00:06:02,730:
turn
895
00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:02,910:
away
896
00:06:02,910 --> 00:06:03,089:
from
897
00:06:03,089 --> 00:06:03,149:
the
898
00:06:03,149 --> 00:06:03,839:
mountain,
899
00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:04,350:
followed
900
00:06:04,350 --> 00:06:04,470:
by
901
00:06:04,470 --> 00:06:04,560:
an
902
00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:04,769:
even
903
00:06:04,769 --> 00:06:05,166:
sharper
904
00:06:05,166 --> 00:06:05,370:
right
905
00:06:05,370 --> 00:06:05,639:
turn
906
00:06:05,639 --> 00:06:05,819:
away
907
00:06:05,819 --> 00:06:06,000:
from
908
00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:06,060:
a
909
00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:07,680:
cliffside.
910
00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:07,860:
With
911
00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:08,220:
blood
912
00:06:08,220 --> 00:06:08,579:
thumping
913
00:06:08,579 --> 00:06:09,000:
louder
914
00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:09,120:
and
915
00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:09,480:
louder
916
00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:09,569:
in
917
00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:09,720:
his
918
00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:10,050:
ears,
919
00:06:10,050 --> 00:06:10,139:
he
920
00:06:10,139 --> 00:06:10,529:
pounded
921
00:06:10,529 --> 00:06:10,589:
the
922
00:06:10,589 --> 00:06:10,980:
gas
923
00:06:10,980 --> 00:06:11,033:
to
924
00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:11,100:
the
925
00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:12,089:
floor.
926
00:06:12,089 --> 00:06:12,209:
The
927
00:06:12,209 --> 00:06:12,449:
wolves
928
00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:12,689:
sped
929
00:06:12,689 --> 00:06:12,839:
up
930
00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:12,930:
in
931
00:06:12,930 --> 00:06:13,620:
turn.
932
00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:14,009:
Closer
933
00:06:14,009 --> 00:06:14,100:
and
934
00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:14,430:
closer
935
00:06:14,430 --> 00:06:14,579:
they
936
00:06:14,579 --> 00:06:15,449:
gained.
937
00:06:15,449 --> 00:06:15,629:
But
938
00:06:15,629 --> 00:06:15,724:
at
939
00:06:15,724 --> 00:06:15,777:
the
940
00:06:15,777 --> 00:06:16,019:
last
941
00:06:16,019 --> 00:06:16,410:
second,
942
00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:16,769:
Basil
943
00:06:16,769 --> 00:06:17,073:
hit a
944
00:06:17,073 --> 00:06:17,459:
hard
945
00:06:17,459 --> 00:06:18,329:
turn.
946
00:06:18,329 --> 00:06:18,839:
Gravity
947
00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:19,196:
punched
948
00:06:19,196 --> 00:06:19,500:
down on
949
00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:19,560:
the
950
00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:20,100:
left while he
951
00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:20,363:
dashed
952
00:06:20,363 --> 00:06:20,430:
to
953
00:06:20,430 --> 00:06:20,519:
the
954
00:06:20,519 --> 00:06:22,022:
right. The
955
00:06:22,022 --> 00:06:22,470:
wolves
956
00:06:22,470 --> 00:06:22,614:
hit
957
00:06:22,614 --> 00:06:22,740:
his
958
00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:23,699:
bumper,
959
00:06:23,699 --> 00:06:24,149:
thrashing
960
00:06:24,149 --> 00:06:24,269:
the
961
00:06:24,269 --> 00:06:24,779:
pickup
962
00:06:24,779 --> 00:06:24,870:
and
963
00:06:24,870 --> 00:06:25,170:
sending
964
00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:25,649:
boxes
965
00:06:25,649 --> 00:06:26,040:
tumbling
966
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,410:
out.
Cortisol
967
00:06:28,410 --> 00:06:28,829:
lingered
968
00:06:28,829 --> 00:06:29,220:
in Basil’s
969
00:06:29,220 --> 00:06:29,579:
veins
970
00:06:29,579 --> 00:06:29,670:
as
971
00:06:29,670 --> 00:06:29,759:
he
972
00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:30,420:
stabilized
973
00:06:30,420 --> 00:06:30,480:
the
974
00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:31,290:
car. That
975
00:06:31,290 --> 00:06:31,649:
fucking
976
00:06:31,649 --> 00:06:31,920:
hat
977
00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:32,040:
was
978
00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:32,220:
too
979
00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:33,149:
tight!
980
00:06:33,149 --> 00:06:33,269:
He
981
00:06:33,269 --> 00:06:33,630:
snatched
982
00:06:33,630 --> 00:06:33,689:
it
983
00:06:33,689 --> 00:06:34,170:
off
984
00:06:34,170 --> 00:06:34,290:
and
985
00:06:34,290 --> 00:06:34,529:
hurled
986
00:06:34,529 --> 00:06:34,620:
it
987
00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:34,860:
against
988
00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:34,920:
the
989
00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:35,910:
window.
990
00:06:35,910 --> 00:06:36,149:
Without
991
00:06:36,149 --> 00:06:36,689:
that distraction,
992
00:06:36,689 --> 00:06:36,810:
he
993
00:06:36,810 --> 00:06:37,259:
scanned
994
00:06:37,259 --> 00:06:37,350:
the
995
00:06:37,350 --> 00:06:37,560:
rear
996
00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:37,800:
view
997
00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:38,069:
mirror
998
00:06:38,069 --> 00:06:38,189:
for
999
00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:38,279:
the
1000
00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,870:
wolves.
1001
00:06:39,870 --> 00:06:40,191:
Their
1002
00:06:40,191 --> 00:06:40,410:
car had
1003
00:06:40,410 --> 00:06:40,740:
crumpled
1004
00:06:40,740 --> 00:06:41,009:
around
1005
00:06:41,009 --> 00:06:41,040:
a
1006
00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,800:
tree.
1007
00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:44,009:
Its
1008
00:06:44,009 --> 00:06:44,634:
passengers
1009
00:06:44,634 --> 00:06:45,000:
spilled
1010
00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,149:
out
1011
00:06:45,149 --> 00:06:45,240:
and
1012
00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:45,449:
checked
1013
00:06:45,449 --> 00:06:45,569:
each
1014
00:06:45,569 --> 00:06:45,810:
others’
1015
00:06:45,810 --> 00:06:47,100:
injuries.
1016
00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:47,220:
The
1017
00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:47,790:
wolf
1018
00:06:47,790 --> 00:06:47,970:
with
1019
00:06:47,970 --> 00:06:48,269:
reddish
1020
00:06:48,269 --> 00:06:48,480:
fur
1021
00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:48,569:
and
1022
00:06:48,569 --> 00:06:48,870:
golden
1023
00:06:48,870 --> 00:06:49,259:
eyes
1024
00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:49,649:
staggered
1025
00:06:49,649 --> 00:06:49,949:
across
1026
00:06:49,949 --> 00:06:50,040:
the
1027
00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:50,879:
road,
1028
00:06:50,879 --> 00:06:51,240:
reaching
1029
00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:51,389:
out
1030
00:06:51,389 --> 00:06:51,480:
to
1031
00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:52,740:
Basil.
1032
00:06:52,740 --> 00:06:52,924:
She
1033
00:06:52,924 --> 00:06:53,310:
shrank
1034
00:06:53,310 --> 00:06:53,430:
in
1035
00:06:53,430 --> 00:06:53,490:
the
1036
00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:54,329:
mirror
1037
00:06:54,329 --> 00:06:54,480:
and
1038
00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:54,750:
became
1039
00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:54,810:
a
1040
00:06:54,810 --> 00:06:55,560:
spot
1041
00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:55,709:
on
1042
00:06:55,709 --> 00:06:55,769:
the
1043
00:06:55,769 --> 00:07:00,540:
horizon.
Tan,
1044
00:07:00,540 --> 00:07:00,779:
dry
1045
00:07:00,779 --> 00:07:01,290:
grass
1046
00:07:01,290 --> 00:07:01,709:
marked the
1047
00:07:01,709 --> 00:07:02,370:
decorated from
1048
00:07:02,370 --> 00:07:02,490:
the
1049
00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:02,879:
mountain
1050
00:07:02,879 --> 00:07:03,870:
woodland.
1051
00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:04,439:
Creosote and
1052
00:07:04,439 --> 00:07:04,829:
sage
1053
00:07:04,829 --> 00:07:05,310:
decorated
1054
00:07:05,310 --> 00:07:05,399:
the
1055
00:07:05,399 --> 00:07:05,879:
desert
1056
00:07:05,879 --> 00:07:06,029:
and
1057
00:07:06,029 --> 00:07:06,569:
perfumed
1058
00:07:06,569 --> 00:07:06,689:
the
1059
00:07:06,689 --> 00:07:07,560:
air.
1060
00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:07,889:
Basil
1061
00:07:07,889 --> 00:07:08,100:
took
1062
00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:08,160:
a
1063
00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:08,399:
deep
1064
00:07:08,399 --> 00:07:09,509:
breath.
1065
00:07:09,509 --> 00:07:09,629:
It
1066
00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:09,930:
smelled
1067
00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:10,230:
freer
1068
00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:10,379:
than
1069
00:07:10,379 --> 00:07:10,470:
the
1070
00:07:10,470 --> 00:07:10,860:
gardens
1071
00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:11,100:
back
1072
00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:12,360:
home.
1073
00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:12,420:
He
1074
00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:12,750:
patted
1075
00:07:12,750 --> 00:07:12,839:
the
1076
00:07:12,839 --> 00:07:13,050:
side
1077
00:07:13,050 --> 00:07:13,139:
of
1078
00:07:13,139 --> 00:07:13,259:
his
1079
00:07:13,259 --> 00:07:13,439:
car
1080
00:07:13,439 --> 00:07:13,589:
with
1081
00:07:13,589 --> 00:07:13,620:
a
1082
00:07:13,620 --> 00:07:14,370:
smile.
1083
00:07:14,370 --> 00:07:14,670:
This
1084
00:07:14,670 --> 00:07:15,000:
was
1085
00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:15,180:
as
1086
00:07:15,180 --> 00:07:15,389:
good
1087
00:07:15,389 --> 00:07:15,420:
a
1088
00:07:15,420 --> 00:07:15,870:
spot
1089
00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:15,930:
to
1090
00:07:15,930 --> 00:07:16,350:
stop
1091
00:07:16,350 --> 00:07:16,529:
as
1092
00:07:16,529 --> 00:07:17,970:
any.
1093
00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:18,209:
He’d
1094
00:07:18,209 --> 00:07:18,540:
driven
1095
00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:18,689:
it
1096
00:07:18,689 --> 00:07:19,170:
gently
1097
00:07:19,170 --> 00:07:19,319:
to
1098
00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:19,680:
cool
1099
00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:19,800:
the
1100
00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:20,490:
oil,
1101
00:07:20,490 --> 00:07:20,759:
had
1102
00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:21,029:
little
1103
00:07:21,029 --> 00:07:21,449:
option
1104
00:07:21,449 --> 00:07:21,600:
but
1105
00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:21,689:
to
1106
00:07:21,689 --> 00:07:22,050:
park
1107
00:07:22,050 --> 00:07:22,230:
under
1108
00:07:22,230 --> 00:07:22,319:
the
1109
00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:22,649:
shade
1110
00:07:22,649 --> 00:07:22,740:
of
1111
00:07:22,740 --> 00:07:22,769:
a
1112
00:07:22,769 --> 00:07:24,420:
mesquite.
With
1113
00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:24,750:
most
1114
00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:24,810:
of
1115
00:07:24,810 --> 00:07:24,930:
his
1116
00:07:24,930 --> 00:07:25,259:
cargo
1117
00:07:25,259 --> 00:07:25,589:
gone,
1118
00:07:25,589 --> 00:07:25,980:
Basil
1119
00:07:25,980 --> 00:07:26,519:
needed
1120
00:07:26,519 --> 00:07:26,670:
to
1121
00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:27,000:
return
1122
00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:27,060:
to
1123
00:07:27,060 --> 00:07:27,149:
the
1124
00:07:27,149 --> 00:07:27,720:
city.
1125
00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:27,779:
A
1126
00:07:27,779 --> 00:07:28,829:
shame.
1127
00:07:28,829 --> 00:07:28,920:
He
1128
00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,009:
was
1129
00:07:29,009 --> 00:07:29,339:
starting
1130
00:07:29,339 --> 00:07:29,399:
to
1131
00:07:29,399 --> 00:07:29,610:
like
1132
00:07:29,610 --> 00:07:29,699:
it
1133
00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:29,850:
out
1134
00:07:29,850 --> 00:07:31,290:
here. He
1135
00:07:31,290 --> 00:07:31,538:
took a
1136
00:07:31,538 --> 00:07:31,800:
swig
1137
00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:31,920:
of
1138
00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:32,189:
water
1139
00:07:32,189 --> 00:07:32,519:
and another
1140
00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:32,790:
deep
1141
00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:34,230:
breath.
1142
00:07:34,230 --> 00:07:34,589:
Another
1143
00:07:34,589 --> 00:07:34,889:
scent
1144
00:07:34,889 --> 00:07:35,250:
hitched
1145
00:07:35,250 --> 00:07:35,338:
at
1146
00:07:35,338 --> 00:07:35,430:
the
1147
00:07:35,430 --> 00:07:35,699:
back
1148
00:07:35,699 --> 00:07:35,759:
of
1149
00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:35,910:
his
1150
00:07:35,910 --> 00:07:36,870:
throat.
1151
00:07:36,870 --> 00:07:37,230:
Something
1152
00:07:37,230 --> 00:07:38,519:
smoky,
1153
00:07:38,519 --> 00:07:38,879:
oddly
1154
00:07:38,879 --> 00:07:40,740:
pungent.
It
1155
00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:40,920:
was
1156
00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:40,949:
a
1157
00:07:40,949 --> 00:07:42,899:
wolf.
1158
00:07:42,899 --> 00:07:43,079:
Not
1159
00:07:43,079 --> 00:07:43,290:
just
1160
00:07:43,290 --> 00:07:43,470:
any
1161
00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:43,860:
wolf,
1162
00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:44,189:
Basil
1163
00:07:44,189 --> 00:07:44,850:
suspected
1164
00:07:44,850 --> 00:07:45,178:
this was a
1165
00:07:45,178 --> 00:07:45,446:
wolf
1166
00:07:45,446 --> 00:07:45,629:
from
1167
00:07:45,629 --> 00:07:45,720:
the
1168
00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,160:
crash.
1169
00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:47,250:
It
1170
00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:47,430:
only
1171
00:07:47,430 --> 00:07:47,910:
smelled
1172
00:07:47,910 --> 00:07:48,089:
like
1173
00:07:48,089 --> 00:07:48,329:
one
1174
00:07:48,329 --> 00:07:49,019:
wolf.
1175
00:07:49,019 --> 00:07:49,410:
A lone
1176
00:07:49,410 --> 00:07:49,769:
wolf
1177
00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:49,949:
was
1178
00:07:49,949 --> 00:07:50,009:
a
1179
00:07:50,009 --> 00:07:50,519:
dangerous
1180
00:07:50,519 --> 00:07:51,629:
thing.
1181
00:07:51,629 --> 00:07:51,930:
More
1182
00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:52,290:
prone
1183
00:07:52,290 --> 00:07:52,350:
to
1184
00:07:52,350 --> 00:07:52,769:
desperate
1185
00:07:52,769 --> 00:07:54,089:
action.
1186
00:07:54,089 --> 00:07:54,449:
Basil
1187
00:07:54,449 --> 00:07:54,629:
was
1188
00:07:54,629 --> 00:07:54,689:
a
1189
00:07:54,689 --> 00:07:54,899:
big
1190
00:07:54,899 --> 00:07:55,230:
buck,
1191
00:07:55,230 --> 00:07:55,379:
but
1192
00:07:55,379 --> 00:07:55,709:
fighting
1193
00:07:55,709 --> 00:07:55,860:
would
1194
00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:56,250:
cost
1195
00:07:56,250 --> 00:07:57,509:
him.
1196
00:07:57,509 --> 00:07:57,660:
He
1197
00:07:57,660 --> 00:07:57,899:
opened
1198
00:07:57,899 --> 00:07:57,990:
the
1199
00:07:57,990 --> 00:07:58,649:
passenger door
1200
00:07:58,649 --> 00:07:58,740:
and
1201
00:07:58,740 --> 00:07:59,040:
rooted
1202
00:07:59,040 --> 00:07:59,310:
around
1203
00:07:59,310 --> 00:07:59,437:
for
1204
00:07:59,437 --> 00:07:59,490:
a
1205
00:07:59,490 --> 00:08:01,740:
knife.
Soon
1206
00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:01,889:
his
1207
00:08:01,889 --> 00:08:02,279:
nose
1208
00:08:02,279 --> 00:08:02,430:
was
1209
00:08:02,430 --> 00:08:02,759:
proven
1210
00:08:02,759 --> 00:08:03,209:
correct.
1211
00:08:03,209 --> 00:08:03,540:
A lone
1212
00:08:03,540 --> 00:08:03,750:
wolf
1213
00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:04,199:
approached
1214
00:08:04,199 --> 00:08:04,560:
him.
1215
00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:04,680:
The
1216
00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:05,160:
wolf
1217
00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:05,399:
from
1218
00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:06,509:
earlier,
1219
00:08:06,509 --> 00:08:06,810:
still
1220
00:08:06,810 --> 00:08:07,230:
unburdened
1221
00:08:07,230 --> 00:08:07,379:
by
1222
00:08:07,379 --> 00:08:07,560:
any
1223
00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:08,009:
intention
1224
00:08:08,009 --> 00:08:08,069:
of
1225
00:08:08,069 --> 00:08:10,620:
stealth.
1226
00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:10,800:
What
1227
00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:11,160:
exactly
1228
00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:11,310:
was
1229
00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:11,399:
her
1230
00:08:11,399 --> 00:08:12,600:
goal?
1231
00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:12,779:
She
1232
00:08:12,779 --> 00:08:12,990:
left
1233
00:08:12,990 --> 00:08:13,319:
behind
1234
00:08:13,319 --> 00:08:13,949:
allies
1235
00:08:13,949 --> 00:08:14,100:
and
1236
00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:14,850:
resources
1237
00:08:14,850 --> 00:08:14,939:
in
1238
00:08:14,939 --> 00:08:15,000:
a
1239
00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:15,480:
montane
1240
00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:16,259:
forest,
1241
00:08:16,259 --> 00:08:16,620:
marching
1242
00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:16,980:
herself
1243
00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:17,129:
on
1244
00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:17,579:
paw to
1245
00:08:17,579 --> 00:08:17,699:
the
1246
00:08:17,699 --> 00:08:19,859:
desert?
Basil
1247
00:08:19,859 --> 00:08:20,040:
held
1248
00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:20,129:
the
1249
00:08:20,129 --> 00:08:20,370:
knife
1250
00:08:20,370 --> 00:08:20,490:
with
1251
00:08:20,490 --> 00:08:22,050:
composure.
1252
00:08:22,050 --> 00:08:22,350:
Looking
1253
00:08:22,350 --> 00:08:22,740:
upset
1254
00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:22,860:
would
1255
00:08:22,860 --> 00:08:23,189:
signal
1256
00:08:23,189 --> 00:08:23,279:
a
1257
00:08:23,279 --> 00:08:23,670:
weakness
1258
00:08:23,670 --> 00:08:23,790:
to
1259
00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:25,949:
exploit.
1260
00:08:25,949 --> 00:08:26,040:
He
1261
00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:26,160:
was
1262
00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:26,339:
no
1263
00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:26,699:
expert
1264
00:08:26,699 --> 00:08:26,819:
on
1265
00:08:26,819 --> 00:08:27,149:
canine
1266
00:08:27,149 --> 00:08:27,389:
body
1267
00:08:27,389 --> 00:08:27,959:
language,
1268
00:08:27,959 --> 00:08:28,110:
but
1269
00:08:28,110 --> 00:08:28,230:
it
1270
00:08:28,230 --> 00:08:28,949:
seemed
1271
00:08:28,949 --> 00:08:29,129:
like
1272
00:08:29,129 --> 00:08:29,250:
her
1273
00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:29,519:
guard
1274
00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:29,639:
was
1275
00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:31,800:
down.
About
1276
00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:32,070:
five
1277
00:08:32,070 --> 00:08:32,340:
meters
1278
00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:32,610:
away,
1279
00:08:32,610 --> 00:08:32,909:
Basil
1280
00:08:32,909 --> 00:08:33,029:
drew
1281
00:08:33,029 --> 00:08:33,149:
the
1282
00:08:33,149 --> 00:08:34,710:
line.
“That’s
1283
00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:35,909:
enough.”
1284
00:08:35,909 --> 00:08:36,029:
His
1285
00:08:36,029 --> 00:08:36,360:
voice
1286
00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:36,629:
cleared
1287
00:08:36,629 --> 00:08:36,720:
the
1288
00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:37,153:
distance
1289
00:08:37,153 --> 00:08:37,246:
with a
1290
00:08:37,246 --> 00:08:38,580:
boom. “I’m
1291
00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:38,940:
armed
1292
00:08:38,940 --> 00:08:39,269:
and much
1293
00:08:39,269 --> 00:08:39,690:
larger
1294
00:08:39,690 --> 00:08:40,470:
than
1295
00:08:40,470 --> 00:08:40,559:
you. If you
1296
00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:40,769:
try
1297
00:08:40,769 --> 00:08:40,860:
to
1298
00:08:40,860 --> 00:08:41,100:
hunt
1299
00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:41,220:
me,
1300
00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:41,340:
I’ll
1301
00:08:41,340 --> 00:08:41,700:
crush
1302
00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:42,720:
you.
1303
00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:43,049:
Even
1304
00:08:43,049 --> 00:08:43,230:
if
1305
00:08:43,230 --> 00:08:43,320:
you
1306
00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:43,559:
kill
1307
00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:43,679:
me,
1308
00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:43,889:
you’ll
1309
00:08:43,889 --> 00:08:44,159:
wish
1310
00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:44,220:
I
1311
00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:44,610:
finished
1312
00:08:44,610 --> 00:08:44,730:
you
1313
00:08:44,730 --> 00:08:46,470:
off.”
“I
1314
00:08:46,470 --> 00:08:46,710:
don’t
1315
00:08:46,710 --> 00:08:46,889:
want
1316
00:08:46,889 --> 00:08:46,980:
to
1317
00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:47,250:
kill
1318
00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:48,360:
you!”
1319
00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,110:
Calm,
1320
00:08:49,110 --> 00:08:50,070:
well rehearsed
1321
00:08:50,070 --> 00:08:50,218:
yet
1322
00:08:50,218 --> 00:08:51,570:
casual. “My
1323
00:08:51,570 --> 00:08:52,470:
name’s
1324
00:08:52,470 --> 00:08:55,500:
Marrow.”
Unless
1325
00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:55,679:
this
1326
00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:55,860:
was
1327
00:08:55,860 --> 00:08:56,129:
some
1328
00:08:56,129 --> 00:08:56,429:
weird
1329
00:08:56,429 --> 00:08:57,299:
identity-based
1330
00:08:57,299 --> 00:08:57,690:
ritual,
1331
00:08:57,690 --> 00:08:57,870:
that
1332
00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:58,139:
didn’t
1333
00:08:58,139 --> 00:08:58,500:
sound
1334
00:08:58,500 --> 00:08:58,710:
like
1335
00:08:58,710 --> 00:08:58,766:
a
1336
00:08:58,766 --> 00:08:58,919:
thing
1337
00:08:58,919 --> 00:08:59,039:
you
1338
00:08:59,039 --> 00:08:59,399:
told
1339
00:08:59,399 --> 00:09:02,009:
prey.
“Basil.”
1340
00:09:02,009 --> 00:09:02,100:
A
1341
00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:03,840:
pause. “What’s
1342
00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:03,960:
your
1343
00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:04,350:
game,
1344
00:09:04,350 --> 00:09:06,059:
wolf?”
Her
1345
00:09:06,059 --> 00:09:06,419:
face
1346
00:09:06,419 --> 00:09:06,600:
lit
1347
00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,350:
up. “A
1348
00:09:07,350 --> 00:09:09,600:
game?”
Basil
1349
00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:09,899:
narrowed
1350
00:09:09,899 --> 00:09:10,019:
his
1351
00:09:10,019 --> 00:09:11,311:
eyes. “It’s
1352
00:09:11,311 --> 00:09:11,340:
a
1353
00:09:11,340 --> 00:09:11,610:
turn
1354
00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:11,700:
of
1355
00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:13,860:
phrase.”
No
1356
00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:14,561:
response, just a
1357
00:09:14,561 --> 00:09:14,940:
quizzical
1358
00:09:14,940 --> 00:09:16,080:
stare.
1359
00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:16,409:
Basil
1360
00:09:16,409 --> 00:09:18,120:
sighed.
“What
1361
00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:18,179:
I
1362
00:09:18,179 --> 00:09:18,509:
meant
1363
00:09:18,509 --> 00:09:19,620:
was:
1364
00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:19,919:
what
1365
00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:20,009:
do
1366
00:09:20,009 --> 00:09:20,190:
you
1367
00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:22,769:
want?”
She
1368
00:09:22,769 --> 00:09:22,950:
bit
1369
00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:23,039:
her
1370
00:09:23,039 --> 00:09:24,210:
lip.
1371
00:09:24,210 --> 00:09:24,539:
Seeing
1372
00:09:24,539 --> 00:09:24,659:
her
1373
00:09:24,659 --> 00:09:25,052:
fangs
1374
00:09:25,052 --> 00:09:25,199:
did
1375
00:09:25,199 --> 00:09:25,470:
little
1376
00:09:25,470 --> 00:09:25,860:
to calm
1377
00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:26,293:
Basil’s
1378
00:09:26,293 --> 00:09:28,440:
nerves.
1379
00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:28,559:
He
1380
00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:29,340:
noticed
1381
00:09:29,340 --> 00:09:29,490:
he’d
1382
00:09:29,490 --> 00:09:29,759:
taken
1383
00:09:29,759 --> 00:09:29,789:
a
1384
00:09:29,789 --> 00:09:30,090:
habit
1385
00:09:30,090 --> 00:09:30,149:
of
1386
00:09:30,149 --> 00:09:30,419:
turning
1387
00:09:30,419 --> 00:09:30,539:
his
1388
00:09:30,539 --> 00:09:30,750:
head
1389
00:09:30,750 --> 00:09:30,929:
one
1390
00:09:30,929 --> 00:09:31,110:
way
1391
00:09:31,110 --> 00:09:31,200:
and
1392
00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:31,529:
another
1393
00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:31,590:
to
1394
00:09:31,590 --> 00:09:31,890:
size
1395
00:09:31,890 --> 00:09:31,975:
her
1396
00:09:31,975 --> 00:09:32,070:
up
1397
00:09:32,070 --> 00:09:32,190:
with
1398
00:09:32,190 --> 00:09:32,549:
either
1399
00:09:32,549 --> 00:09:33,990:
eye.
1400
00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:34,409:
Despite
1401
00:09:34,409 --> 00:09:34,470:
a
1402
00:09:34,470 --> 00:09:34,740:
lack
1403
00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:34,830:
of
1404
00:09:34,830 --> 00:09:35,190:
antlers,
1405
00:09:35,190 --> 00:09:35,279:
he
1406
00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:35,580:
lowered
1407
00:09:35,580 --> 00:09:35,700:
his
1408
00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:35,879:
head
1409
00:09:35,879 --> 00:09:35,940:
in
1410
00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:35,969:
a
1411
00:09:35,969 --> 00:09:36,120:
more
1412
00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:36,480:
threatening
1413
00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,399:
display.
“Your
1414
00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:39,450:
antlers.
1415
00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:39,570:
What
1416
00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:39,899:
happened
1417
00:09:39,899 --> 00:09:39,990:
to
1418
00:09:39,990 --> 00:09:41,039:
them?
1419
00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:41,100:
I
1420
00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:41,340:
want
1421
00:09:41,340 --> 00:09:41,399:
to
1422
00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:45,000:
know.”
Basil
1423
00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:45,360:
passed
1424
00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:45,450:
the
1425
00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:45,779:
knife
1426
00:09:45,779 --> 00:09:45,899:
between
1427
00:09:45,899 --> 00:09:46,049:
his
1428
00:09:46,049 --> 00:09:46,350:
hands
1429
00:09:46,350 --> 00:09:46,409:
to
1430
00:09:46,409 --> 00:09:46,559:
make
1431
00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:46,620:
it
1432
00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:46,860:
clear
1433
00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:47,039:
that
1434
00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:47,460:
antlers
1435
00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:47,669:
or no,
1436
00:09:47,669 --> 00:09:47,789:
he
1437
00:09:47,789 --> 00:09:48,100:
still had
1438
00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:48,210:
an
1439
00:09:48,210 --> 00:09:49,860:
arsenal. “I
1440
00:09:49,860 --> 00:09:50,070:
did
1441
00:09:50,070 --> 00:09:50,190:
it
1442
00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:53,820:
myself.”
“Why?”
“Because
1443
00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:53,940:
I’m
1444
00:09:53,940 --> 00:09:54,149:
just
1445
00:09:54,149 --> 00:09:54,269:
as
1446
00:09:54,269 --> 00:09:54,720:
effective
1447
00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,080:
without
1448
00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:56,159:
them.”
1449
00:09:56,159 --> 00:09:56,789:
A truth,
1450
00:09:56,789 --> 00:10:01,235:
and a veiled threat. “Prolly moreso.”
“Effective at
1451
00:10:01,235 --> 00:10:02,315:
what?
1452
00:10:02,315 --> 00:10:03,215:
Sufficient
1453
00:10:03,215 --> 00:10:05,524:
how?”
She
1454
00:10:05,524 --> 00:10:05,705:
took
1455
00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:05,764:
a
1456
00:10:05,764 --> 00:10:06,004:
step
1457
00:10:06,004 --> 00:10:07,475:
closer, and
1458
00:10:07,475 --> 00:10:07,835:
Basil
1459
00:10:07,835 --> 00:10:08,014:
gave
1460
00:10:08,014 --> 00:10:08,105:
her
1461
00:10:08,105 --> 00:10:08,195:
a
1462
00:10:08,195 --> 00:10:08,465:
hard
1463
00:10:08,465 --> 00:10:10,205:
glare.
1464
00:10:10,205 --> 00:10:10,325:
She
1465
00:10:10,325 --> 00:10:10,534:
took
1466
00:10:10,534 --> 00:10:10,595:
a
1467
00:10:10,595 --> 00:10:10,955:
shrinking
1468
00:10:10,955 --> 00:10:11,225:
step
1469
00:10:11,225 --> 00:10:11,587:
back,
1470
00:10:11,587 --> 00:10:11,731:
then
1471
00:10:11,731 --> 00:10:13,835:
another.
“I
1472
00:10:13,835 --> 00:10:14,014:
can
1473
00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:14,345:
drive
1474
00:10:14,345 --> 00:10:14,440:
with
1475
00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:14,524:
a
1476
00:10:14,524 --> 00:10:14,914:
closed
1477
00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,325:
roof.
1478
00:10:16,325 --> 00:10:16,445:
I
1479
00:10:16,445 --> 00:10:16,625:
can
1480
00:10:16,625 --> 00:10:16,774:
lay
1481
00:10:16,774 --> 00:10:16,955:
my
1482
00:10:16,955 --> 00:10:17,225:
head
1483
00:10:17,225 --> 00:10:17,465:
down
1484
00:10:17,465 --> 00:10:17,554:
to
1485
00:10:17,554 --> 00:10:17,945:
rest.
1486
00:10:17,945 --> 00:10:18,034:
I
1487
00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:18,215:
have
1488
00:10:18,215 --> 00:10:18,514:
less
1489
00:10:18,514 --> 00:10:19,115:
leverage
1490
00:10:19,115 --> 00:10:19,235:
to
1491
00:10:19,235 --> 00:10:19,565:
grab
1492
00:10:19,565 --> 00:10:19,926:
onto.
1493
00:10:19,926 --> 00:10:20,195:
Take
1494
00:10:20,195 --> 00:10:20,284:
your
1495
00:10:20,284 --> 00:10:21,215:
pick.
1496
00:10:21,215 --> 00:10:21,365:
I’ve
1497
00:10:21,365 --> 00:10:21,695:
worked a
1498
00:10:21,695 --> 00:10:22,144:
million
1499
00:10:22,144 --> 00:10:22,865:
jobs,
1500
00:10:22,865 --> 00:10:23,164:
none
1501
00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:23,284:
of
1502
00:10:23,284 --> 00:10:23,705:
which
1503
00:10:23,705 --> 00:10:23,855:
have
1504
00:10:23,855 --> 00:10:24,065:
ever
1505
00:10:24,065 --> 00:10:24,514:
required
1506
00:10:24,514 --> 00:10:24,605:
me
1507
00:10:24,605 --> 00:10:24,695:
to
1508
00:10:24,695 --> 00:10:25,054:
have
1509
00:10:25,054 --> 00:10:27,245:
antlers.”
Marrow
1510
00:10:27,245 --> 00:10:27,485:
lit
1511
00:10:27,485 --> 00:10:28,924:
up. “You
1512
00:10:28,924 --> 00:10:29,524:
defy
1513
00:10:29,524 --> 00:10:29,644:
the
1514
00:10:29,644 --> 00:10:30,605:
superfluity
1515
00:10:30,605 --> 00:10:30,695:
of
1516
00:10:30,695 --> 00:10:30,875:
your
1517
00:10:30,875 --> 00:10:33,424:
anatomy?”
Basil
1518
00:10:33,424 --> 00:10:33,725:
blinked
1519
00:10:33,725 --> 00:10:33,815:
in
1520
00:10:33,815 --> 00:10:36,634:
surprise. “That’s…
1521
00:10:36,634 --> 00:10:38,794:
succinct.”
“I’ve
1522
00:10:38,794 --> 00:10:39,095:
just
1523
00:10:39,095 --> 00:10:39,335:
been…
1524
00:10:39,335 --> 00:10:39,575:
so
1525
00:10:39,575 --> 00:10:41,434:
curious.
1526
00:10:41,434 --> 00:10:41,794:
Deer
1527
00:10:41,794 --> 00:10:41,975:
have
1528
00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:42,274:
such
1529
00:10:42,274 --> 00:10:42,754:
freedom
1530
00:10:42,754 --> 00:10:42,995:
from
1531
00:10:42,995 --> 00:10:43,625:
constant
1532
00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:45,664:
living.”
“Constant
1533
00:10:45,664 --> 00:10:48,455:
living?”
“Survival,
1534
00:10:48,455 --> 00:10:49,985:
Basil.”
1535
00:10:49,985 --> 00:10:50,375:
Marrow
1536
00:10:50,375 --> 00:10:50,825:
furrowed her
1537
00:10:50,825 --> 00:10:52,264:
brow. “It’s
1538
00:10:52,264 --> 00:10:54,125:
exhausting.
1539
00:10:54,125 --> 00:10:54,242:
But
1540
00:10:54,242 --> 00:10:54,394:
your
1541
00:10:54,394 --> 00:10:54,725:
kind
1542
00:10:54,725 --> 00:10:55,085:
tend
1543
00:10:55,085 --> 00:10:55,174:
to
1544
00:10:55,174 --> 00:10:55,625:
act
1545
00:10:55,625 --> 00:10:58,475:
frivolously.”
“Quite
1546
00:10:58,475 --> 00:10:58,625:
the
1547
00:10:58,625 --> 00:11:00,274:
endorsement.”
“Isn’t
1548
00:11:00,274 --> 00:11:01,384:
it?
1549
00:11:01,384 --> 00:11:01,684:
You
1550
00:11:01,684 --> 00:11:02,375:
survive
1551
00:11:02,375 --> 00:11:02,554:
in
1552
00:11:02,554 --> 00:11:03,004:
spite
1553
00:11:03,004 --> 00:11:03,154:
of
1554
00:11:03,154 --> 00:11:03,965:
this.
1555
00:11:03,965 --> 00:11:07,955:
How?”
Basil
1556
00:11:07,955 --> 00:11:08,284:
tapped
1557
00:11:08,284 --> 00:11:08,644:
a hoof
1558
00:11:08,644 --> 00:11:08,945:
against
1559
00:11:08,945 --> 00:11:09,004:
the
1560
00:11:09,004 --> 00:11:09,335:
butt of the
1561
00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:09,815:
knife,
1562
00:11:09,815 --> 00:11:10,085:
letting
1563
00:11:10,085 --> 00:11:10,174:
the
1564
00:11:10,174 --> 00:11:10,565:
sound
1565
00:11:10,565 --> 00:11:10,966:
occupy
1566
00:11:10,966 --> 00:11:11,044:
the
1567
00:11:11,044 --> 00:11:11,375:
latent
1568
00:11:11,375 --> 00:11:11,674:
parts
1569
00:11:11,674 --> 00:11:11,764:
of
1570
00:11:11,764 --> 00:11:11,884:
his
1571
00:11:11,884 --> 00:11:12,215:
mind
1572
00:11:12,215 --> 00:11:12,304:
as
1573
00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:12,365:
he
1574
00:11:12,365 --> 00:11:14,563:
thought.
“Might I
1575
00:11:14,563 --> 00:11:20,465:
guess?”
“You
1576
00:11:20,465 --> 00:11:20,705:
don’t
1577
00:11:20,705 --> 00:11:20,825:
need my permission.” On second thought… “-to guess. You don’t need
1578
00:11:20,825 --> 00:11:21,034:
my
1579
00:11:21,034 --> 00:11:21,455:
permission
1580
00:11:21,455 --> 00:11:21,605:
to
1581
00:11:21,605 --> 00:11:25,205:
guess.”
“There
1582
00:11:25,205 --> 00:11:25,294:
are
1583
00:11:25,294 --> 00:11:25,504:
more
1584
00:11:25,504 --> 00:11:25,774:
deer
1585
00:11:25,774 --> 00:11:25,985:
than
1586
00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:27,004:
wolves,”
1587
00:11:27,004 --> 00:11:27,215:
she
1588
00:11:27,215 --> 00:11:28,504:
started. “In
1589
00:11:28,504 --> 00:11:28,684:
my
1590
00:11:28,684 --> 00:11:29,404:
pack,
1591
00:11:29,404 --> 00:11:29,855:
everyone
1592
00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:30,095:
has
1593
00:11:30,095 --> 00:11:30,215:
to
1594
00:11:30,215 --> 00:11:30,875:
contribute
1595
00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:31,504:
immediately
1596
00:11:31,504 --> 00:11:31,654:
to
1597
00:11:31,654 --> 00:11:31,745:
the
1598
00:11:31,745 --> 00:11:32,225:
wellbeing
1599
00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:32,375:
of
1600
00:11:32,375 --> 00:11:32,465:
the
1601
00:11:32,465 --> 00:11:33,544:
group.
1602
00:11:33,544 --> 00:11:34,205:
Failure
1603
00:11:34,205 --> 00:11:35,014:
jeopardizes
1604
00:11:35,014 --> 00:11:35,164:
our
1605
00:11:35,164 --> 00:11:37,235:
survival.
1606
00:11:37,235 --> 00:11:37,384:
But
1607
00:11:37,384 --> 00:11:37,595:
there
1608
00:11:37,595 --> 00:11:37,715:
are
1609
00:11:37,715 --> 00:11:37,894:
so
1610
00:11:37,894 --> 00:11:38,195:
many
1611
00:11:38,195 --> 00:11:40,024:
deer.
1612
00:11:40,024 --> 00:11:40,174:
You
1613
00:11:40,174 --> 00:11:40,684:
create
1614
00:11:40,684 --> 00:11:41,615:
redundancies
1615
00:11:41,615 --> 00:11:41,705:
in
1616
00:11:41,705 --> 00:11:41,855:
your
1617
00:11:41,855 --> 00:11:42,335:
roles
1618
00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:42,455:
and
1619
00:11:42,455 --> 00:11:43,264:
thrive
1620
00:11:43,264 --> 00:11:44,075:
past
1621
00:11:44,075 --> 00:11:44,225:
the
1622
00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:45,095:
cost
1623
00:11:45,095 --> 00:11:45,184:
of
1624
00:11:45,184 --> 00:11:48,664:
sufficiency.”
Basil’s
1625
00:11:48,664 --> 00:11:48,845:
arm
1626
00:11:48,845 --> 00:11:48,995:
went
1627
00:11:48,995 --> 00:11:50,345:
slack.
1628
00:11:50,345 --> 00:11:50,465:
He
1629
00:11:50,465 --> 00:11:50,674:
held
1630
00:11:50,674 --> 00:11:50,884:
on to
1631
00:11:50,884 --> 00:11:50,975:
the
1632
00:11:50,975 --> 00:11:51,304:
knife,
1633
00:11:51,304 --> 00:11:51,394:
but
1634
00:11:51,394 --> 00:11:53,524:
barely.
“I
1635
00:11:53,524 --> 00:11:53,825:
think
1636
00:11:53,825 --> 00:11:53,945:
you’re
1637
00:11:53,945 --> 00:11:55,835:
right.”
The
1638
00:11:55,835 --> 00:11:56,105:
wolf
1639
00:11:56,105 --> 00:11:56,554:
grinned,
1640
00:11:56,554 --> 00:11:56,735:
not
1641
00:11:56,735 --> 00:11:57,034:
caring
1642
00:11:57,034 --> 00:11:57,125:
how
1643
00:11:57,125 --> 00:11:57,335:
many
1644
00:11:57,335 --> 00:11:57,695:
fangs
1645
00:11:57,695 --> 00:11:57,815:
she
1646
00:11:57,815 --> 00:11:58,955:
showed. “I’m
1647
00:11:58,955 --> 00:12:02,644:
right?”
“Yes.”
1648
00:12:02,644 --> 00:12:03,034:
Basil
1649
00:12:03,034 --> 00:12:03,394:
stared
1650
00:12:03,394 --> 00:12:03,575:
into
1651
00:12:03,575 --> 00:12:03,725:
the
1652
00:12:03,725 --> 00:12:05,674:
blade. “There
1653
00:12:05,674 --> 00:12:05,735:
are
1654
00:12:05,735 --> 00:12:06,514:
many,
1655
00:12:06,514 --> 00:12:06,965:
many
1656
00:12:06,965 --> 00:12:07,804:
stags,
1657
00:12:07,804 --> 00:12:08,134:
many
1658
00:12:08,134 --> 00:12:09,034:
does.
1659
00:12:09,034 --> 00:12:09,394:
Making
1660
00:12:09,394 --> 00:12:09,784:
tons
1661
00:12:09,784 --> 00:12:09,904:
of
1662
00:12:09,904 --> 00:12:10,445:
fawns,
1663
00:12:10,445 --> 00:12:10,565:
who
1664
00:12:10,565 --> 00:12:10,985:
grow
1665
00:12:10,985 --> 00:12:11,075:
and
1666
00:12:11,075 --> 00:12:11,345:
start
1667
00:12:11,345 --> 00:12:11,434:
the
1668
00:12:11,434 --> 00:12:11,794:
cycle
1669
00:12:11,794 --> 00:12:13,565:
over.
1670
00:12:13,565 --> 00:12:13,684:
Our
1671
00:12:13,684 --> 00:12:14,044:
mouths
1672
00:12:14,044 --> 00:12:14,195:
get
1673
00:12:14,195 --> 00:12:14,855:
hungrier,
1674
00:12:14,855 --> 00:12:15,034:
so
1675
00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:15,125:
we
1676
00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:15,424:
strip
1677
00:12:15,424 --> 00:12:15,514:
the
1678
00:12:15,514 --> 00:12:15,815:
land
1679
00:12:15,815 --> 00:12:16,115:
bare,
1680
00:12:16,115 --> 00:12:16,294:
then
1681
00:12:16,294 --> 00:12:16,414:
we
1682
00:12:16,414 --> 00:12:16,654:
move
1683
00:12:16,654 --> 00:12:18,004:
on.
1684
00:12:18,004 --> 00:12:18,154:
We
1685
00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:19,414:
extract
1686
00:12:19,414 --> 00:12:19,565:
to
1687
00:12:19,565 --> 00:12:19,955:
sustain
1688
00:12:19,955 --> 00:12:20,048:
our
1689
00:12:20,048 --> 00:12:21,004:
populations,
1690
00:12:21,004 --> 00:12:21,664:
which
1691
00:12:21,664 --> 00:12:21,965:
guard
1692
00:12:21,965 --> 00:12:22,144:
us
1693
00:12:22,144 --> 00:12:22,355:
from
1694
00:12:22,355 --> 00:12:24,184:
wolves.
1695
00:12:24,184 --> 00:12:24,394:
But
1696
00:12:24,394 --> 00:12:25,174:
still,
1697
00:12:25,174 --> 00:12:26,524:
some
1698
00:12:26,524 --> 00:12:27,095:
infiltrate
1699
00:12:27,095 --> 00:12:27,184:
our
1700
00:12:27,184 --> 00:12:28,715:
cities.
1701
00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:28,894:
I’ve
1702
00:12:28,894 --> 00:12:29,195:
seen
1703
00:12:29,195 --> 00:12:30,004:
it.
1704
00:12:30,004 --> 00:12:30,095:
I
1705
00:12:30,095 --> 00:12:31,715:
don’t…
1706
00:12:31,715 --> 00:12:32,134:
mind
1707
00:12:32,134 --> 00:12:34,595:
it.”
He
1708
00:12:34,595 --> 00:12:34,835:
gripped
1709
00:12:34,835 --> 00:12:34,924:
the
1710
00:12:34,924 --> 00:12:35,164:
knife
1711
00:12:35,164 --> 00:12:35,254:
and
1712
00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:35,495:
looked
1713
00:12:35,495 --> 00:12:36,335:
up.
1714
00:12:36,335 --> 00:12:36,634:
Talking
1715
00:12:36,634 --> 00:12:36,815:
like
1716
00:12:36,815 --> 00:12:37,054:
this
1717
00:12:37,054 --> 00:12:37,472:
freed
1718
00:12:37,472 --> 00:12:37,804:
some
1719
00:12:37,804 --> 00:12:38,195:
poison
1720
00:12:38,195 --> 00:12:38,345:
from
1721
00:12:38,345 --> 00:12:38,495:
his
1722
00:12:38,495 --> 00:12:38,855:
lungs,
1723
00:12:38,855 --> 00:12:38,945:
but
1724
00:12:38,945 --> 00:12:39,245:
he
1725
00:12:39,245 --> 00:12:39,514:
had
1726
00:12:39,514 --> 00:12:39,605:
to
1727
00:12:39,605 --> 00:12:39,725:
be
1728
00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:41,585:
careful.
“So
1729
00:12:41,585 --> 00:12:41,644:
I
1730
00:12:41,644 --> 00:12:41,855:
don’t
1731
00:12:41,855 --> 00:12:42,485:
mind
1732
00:12:42,485 --> 00:12:42,634:
the
1733
00:12:42,634 --> 00:12:43,085:
hunt.
1734
00:12:43,085 --> 00:12:43,205:
I
1735
00:12:43,205 --> 00:12:43,475:
just
1736
00:12:43,475 --> 00:12:43,774:
need
1737
00:12:43,774 --> 00:12:44,945:
you
1738
00:12:44,945 --> 00:12:45,125:
to
1739
00:12:45,125 --> 00:12:45,365:
let
1740
00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:45,875:
me
1741
00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:48,784:
live.”
“Your
1742
00:12:48,784 --> 00:12:49,325:
kind
1743
00:12:49,325 --> 00:12:49,504:
do
1744
00:12:49,504 --> 00:12:49,894:
many
1745
00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:50,345:
things
1746
00:12:50,345 --> 00:12:50,465:
that
1747
00:12:50,465 --> 00:12:50,764:
don’t
1748
00:12:50,764 --> 00:12:51,365:
benefit
1749
00:12:51,365 --> 00:12:52,504:
them.”
1750
00:12:52,504 --> 00:12:52,865:
Marrow
1751
00:12:52,865 --> 00:12:53,412:
swallowed
1752
00:12:53,412 --> 00:12:53,535:
with a
1753
00:12:53,535 --> 00:12:53,794:
rough
1754
00:12:53,794 --> 00:12:55,414:
throat. “And
1755
00:12:55,414 --> 00:12:55,654:
that’s
1756
00:12:55,654 --> 00:12:55,715:
a
1757
00:12:55,715 --> 00:12:56,225:
beautiful
1758
00:12:56,225 --> 00:12:57,904:
thing.
1759
00:12:57,904 --> 00:12:58,054:
You
1760
00:12:58,054 --> 00:12:59,975:
collaborate.
1761
00:12:59,975 --> 00:13:00,125:
You
1762
00:13:00,125 --> 00:13:00,784:
live
1763
00:13:00,784 --> 00:13:01,414:
beyond
1764
00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:04,355:
survival.”
Basil
1765
00:13:04,355 --> 00:13:04,654:
clutched
1766
00:13:04,654 --> 00:13:04,745:
the
1767
00:13:04,745 --> 00:13:04,955:
knife
1768
00:13:04,955 --> 00:13:05,055:
in
1769
00:13:05,055 --> 00:13:05,284:
both
1770
00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:06,125:
hooves. “For
1771
00:13:06,125 --> 00:13:06,215:
the
1772
00:13:06,215 --> 00:13:06,485:
sake
1773
00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:06,634:
of
1774
00:13:06,634 --> 00:13:07,804:
comfort.
1775
00:13:07,804 --> 00:13:08,014:
For
1776
00:13:08,014 --> 00:13:08,105:
our
1777
00:13:08,105 --> 00:13:08,794:
self interest.
1778
00:13:08,794 --> 00:13:09,034:
We’re
1779
00:13:09,034 --> 00:13:09,965:
frivolous
1780
00:13:09,965 --> 00:13:11,585:
people.
1781
00:13:11,585 --> 00:13:11,705:
We
1782
00:13:11,705 --> 00:13:11,975:
take
1783
00:13:11,975 --> 00:13:12,215:
more
1784
00:13:12,215 --> 00:13:12,394:
than
1785
00:13:12,394 --> 00:13:12,514:
we
1786
00:13:12,514 --> 00:13:12,784:
need,
1787
00:13:12,784 --> 00:13:12,875:
but
1788
00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:13,264:
we don’t
1789
00:13:13,264 --> 00:13:14,345:
care.
1790
00:13:14,345 --> 00:13:15,815:
We’re sated as long as
1791
00:13:15,815 --> 00:13:15,904:
we
1792
00:13:15,904 --> 00:13:16,085:
can
1793
00:13:16,085 --> 00:13:16,534:
fight,
1794
00:13:16,534 --> 00:13:16,955:
feed,
1795
00:13:16,955 --> 00:13:17,105:
and
1796
00:13:17,105 --> 00:13:19,684:
fuck”
With
1797
00:13:19,684 --> 00:13:19,774:
the
1798
00:13:19,774 --> 00:13:20,044:
twitch
1799
00:13:20,044 --> 00:13:20,134:
of
1800
00:13:20,134 --> 00:13:20,195:
a
1801
00:13:20,195 --> 00:13:20,495:
brow,
1802
00:13:20,495 --> 00:13:20,825:
Marrow
1803
00:13:20,825 --> 00:13:21,125:
drank
1804
00:13:21,125 --> 00:13:21,215:
in
1805
00:13:21,215 --> 00:13:21,365:
his
1806
00:13:21,365 --> 00:13:22,054:
words.
1807
00:13:22,054 --> 00:13:22,174:
The
1808
00:13:22,174 --> 00:13:22,654:
wind
1809
00:13:22,654 --> 00:13:23,554:
shifted,
1810
00:13:23,554 --> 00:13:23,855:
carrying
1811
00:13:23,855 --> 00:13:24,455:
the
1812
00:13:24,455 --> 00:13:25,115:
spice
1813
00:13:25,115 --> 00:13:25,745:
and bitters
1814
00:13:25,745 --> 00:13:25,804:
of
1815
00:13:25,804 --> 00:13:26,705:
sagebrush
1816
00:13:26,705 --> 00:13:26,794:
and
1817
00:13:26,794 --> 00:13:26,855:
the
1818
00:13:26,855 --> 00:13:27,065:
heat
1819
00:13:27,065 --> 00:13:27,154:
of
1820
00:13:27,154 --> 00:13:27,485:
desert
1821
00:13:27,485 --> 00:13:29,014:
air.
“Why
1822
00:13:29,014 --> 00:13:29,134:
did
1823
00:13:29,134 --> 00:13:29,254:
you
1824
00:13:29,254 --> 00:13:29,644:
follow
1825
00:13:29,644 --> 00:13:30,215:
me?
1826
00:13:30,215 --> 00:13:30,394:
If
1827
00:13:30,394 --> 00:13:30,485:
you’re
1828
00:13:30,485 --> 00:13:30,664:
not
1829
00:13:30,664 --> 00:13:30,815:
going
1830
00:13:30,815 --> 00:13:30,934:
to
1831
00:13:30,934 --> 00:13:31,144:
eat
1832
00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:31,504:
me,
1833
00:13:31,504 --> 00:13:34,355:
why?”
Marrow licked
1834
00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:34,684:
across
1835
00:13:34,684 --> 00:13:34,774:
her
1836
00:13:34,774 --> 00:13:35,134:
snout
1837
00:13:35,134 --> 00:13:35,225:
and
1838
00:13:35,225 --> 00:13:35,434:
lowered
1839
00:13:35,434 --> 00:13:35,524:
her
1840
00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:36,995:
head.
“...
1841
00:13:36,995 --> 00:13:37,115:
I
1842
00:13:37,115 --> 00:13:39,575:
scout.”
The
1843
00:13:39,575 --> 00:13:39,875:
words
1844
00:13:39,875 --> 00:13:40,174:
hung
1845
00:13:40,174 --> 00:13:40,264:
in
1846
00:13:40,264 --> 00:13:40,355:
the
1847
00:13:40,355 --> 00:13:40,595:
dry
1848
00:13:40,595 --> 00:13:44,465:
air.
“Meaning…?”
1849
00:13:44,465 --> 00:13:44,855:
prompted
1850
00:13:44,855 --> 00:13:45,995:
Basil.
1851
00:13:45,995 --> 00:13:46,085:
He
1852
00:13:46,085 --> 00:13:46,445:
mentally
1853
00:13:46,445 --> 00:13:46,654:
ran
1854
00:13:46,654 --> 00:13:46,835:
through
1855
00:13:46,835 --> 00:13:47,764:
inventory.
1856
00:13:47,764 --> 00:13:47,884:
If
1857
00:13:47,884 --> 00:13:48,004:
the
1858
00:13:48,004 --> 00:13:48,274:
others
1859
00:13:48,274 --> 00:13:48,514:
caught
1860
00:13:48,514 --> 00:13:48,634:
up,
1861
00:13:48,634 --> 00:13:48,754:
he
1862
00:13:48,754 --> 00:13:48,965:
was
1863
00:13:48,965 --> 00:13:50,524:
doomed.
“That’s
1864
00:13:50,524 --> 00:13:50,855:
my
1865
00:13:50,855 --> 00:13:52,115:
role.
1866
00:13:52,115 --> 00:13:52,294:
I
1867
00:13:52,294 --> 00:13:52,835:
gather
1868
00:13:52,835 --> 00:13:53,585:
information,
1869
00:13:53,585 --> 00:13:53,735:
and
1870
00:13:53,735 --> 00:13:53,884:
I
1871
00:13:53,884 --> 00:13:54,310:
relay
1872
00:13:54,310 --> 00:13:56,735:
it.”
Basil
1873
00:13:56,735 --> 00:13:56,884:
could
1874
00:13:56,884 --> 00:13:57,245:
swear
1875
00:13:57,245 --> 00:13:57,365:
an
1876
00:13:57,365 --> 00:13:57,575:
edge
1877
00:13:57,575 --> 00:13:57,664:
of
1878
00:13:57,664 --> 00:13:58,325:
discomfort
1879
00:13:58,325 --> 00:13:58,565:
crept
1880
00:13:58,565 --> 00:13:58,745:
into
1881
00:13:58,745 --> 00:13:58,835:
her
1882
00:13:58,835 --> 00:14:00,304:
voice.
“I
1883
00:14:00,304 --> 00:14:00,845:
assist
1884
00:14:00,845 --> 00:14:00,965:
the
1885
00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:05,195:
hunt.”
“So
1886
00:14:05,195 --> 00:14:05,524:
you’ve
1887
00:14:05,524 --> 00:14:05,914:
never
1888
00:14:05,914 --> 00:14:06,485:
killed
1889
00:14:06,485 --> 00:14:06,695:
a
1890
00:14:06,695 --> 00:14:08,764:
deer?”
Any
1891
00:14:08,764 --> 00:14:09,095:
trace
1892
00:14:09,095 --> 00:14:09,184:
of
1893
00:14:09,184 --> 00:14:09,634:
excitement
1894
00:14:09,634 --> 00:14:09,845:
left
1895
00:14:09,845 --> 00:14:09,965:
her
1896
00:14:09,965 --> 00:14:11,225:
posture.
1897
00:14:11,225 --> 00:14:11,315:
A
1898
00:14:11,315 --> 00:14:11,914:
wolf’s smile
1899
00:14:11,914 --> 00:14:12,394:
registered
1900
00:14:12,394 --> 00:14:12,815:
differently
1901
00:14:12,815 --> 00:14:12,965:
to
1902
00:14:12,965 --> 00:14:13,024:
a
1903
00:14:13,024 --> 00:14:13,294:
deer,
1904
00:14:13,294 --> 00:14:13,684:
something
1905
00:14:13,684 --> 00:14:13,774:
in
1906
00:14:13,774 --> 00:14:13,865:
the
1907
00:14:13,865 --> 00:14:14,284:
spacing
1908
00:14:14,284 --> 00:14:14,375:
of
1909
00:14:14,375 --> 00:14:14,495:
the
1910
00:14:14,495 --> 00:14:15,845:
eyes,
1911
00:14:15,845 --> 00:14:15,965:
the
1912
00:14:15,965 --> 00:14:16,325:
fanged
1913
00:14:16,325 --> 00:14:17,434:
mouth.
1914
00:14:17,434 --> 00:14:17,585:
But
1915
00:14:17,585 --> 00:14:17,674:
the
1916
00:14:17,674 --> 00:14:18,575:
frown? It
1917
00:14:18,575 --> 00:14:18,784:
was
1918
00:14:18,784 --> 00:14:21,095:
unmistakable.
“I
1919
00:14:21,095 --> 00:14:21,485:
have
1920
00:14:21,485 --> 00:14:21,784:
not
1921
00:14:21,784 --> 00:14:22,174:
killed
1922
00:14:22,174 --> 00:14:22,205:
a
1923
00:14:22,205 --> 00:14:24,394:
deer.”
“I
1924
00:14:24,394 --> 00:14:24,875:
believe
1925
00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:26,524:
you.”
1926
00:14:26,524 --> 00:14:26,674:
He
1927
00:14:26,674 --> 00:14:27,065:
believed
1928
00:14:27,065 --> 00:14:27,215:
she
1929
00:14:27,215 --> 00:14:27,485:
hadn’t
1930
00:14:27,485 --> 00:14:27,725:
killed
1931
00:14:27,725 --> 00:14:27,995:
anyone
1932
00:14:27,995 --> 00:14:29,644:
directly. “But
1933
00:14:29,644 --> 00:14:29,794:
what
1934
00:14:29,794 --> 00:14:29,855:
do
1935
00:14:29,855 --> 00:14:29,945:
you
1936
00:14:29,945 --> 00:14:30,215:
plan
1937
00:14:30,215 --> 00:14:30,274:
to
1938
00:14:30,274 --> 00:14:30,424:
do
1939
00:14:30,424 --> 00:14:30,544:
with
1940
00:14:30,544 --> 00:14:30,695:
my
1941
00:14:30,695 --> 00:14:33,455:
information?”
Marrow
1942
00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:34,745:
paused.
1943
00:14:34,745 --> 00:14:34,865:
The
1944
00:14:34,865 --> 00:14:35,225:
frown
1945
00:14:35,225 --> 00:14:35,644:
remained,
1946
00:14:35,644 --> 00:14:35,855:
but her
1947
00:14:35,855 --> 00:14:36,215:
slumped
1948
00:14:36,215 --> 00:14:36,605:
posture
1949
00:14:36,605 --> 00:14:37,054:
shifted
1950
00:14:37,054 --> 00:14:38,825:
upwards.
1951
00:14:38,825 --> 00:14:38,975:
She
1952
00:14:38,975 --> 00:14:39,184:
looked
1953
00:14:39,184 --> 00:14:39,664:
Basil in
1954
00:14:39,664 --> 00:14:39,725:
the
1955
00:14:39,725 --> 00:14:40,115:
eyes,
1956
00:14:40,115 --> 00:14:40,205:
and
1957
00:14:40,205 --> 00:14:40,264:
he
1958
00:14:40,264 --> 00:14:40,355:
had
1959
00:14:40,355 --> 00:14:40,445:
to
1960
00:14:40,445 --> 00:14:40,684:
fight
1961
00:14:40,684 --> 00:14:40,865:
not
1962
00:14:40,865 --> 00:14:40,924:
to
1963
00:14:40,924 --> 00:14:41,705:
freeze.
1964
00:14:41,705 --> 00:14:42,004:
Damn
1965
00:14:42,004 --> 00:14:44,855:
instinct.
“I
1966
00:14:44,855 --> 00:14:45,095:
would
1967
00:14:45,095 --> 00:14:45,335:
like
1968
00:14:45,335 --> 00:14:45,485:
to
1969
00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:46,024:
propose
1970
00:14:46,024 --> 00:14:46,115:
an
1971
00:14:46,115 --> 00:14:49,054:
alliance.”
Basil leaned
1972
00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:50,225:
back.
1973
00:14:50,225 --> 00:14:50,315:
It
1974
00:14:50,315 --> 00:14:50,495:
was
1975
00:14:50,495 --> 00:14:50,615:
as
1976
00:14:50,615 --> 00:14:50,735:
if
1977
00:14:50,735 --> 00:14:50,825:
the
1978
00:14:50,825 --> 00:14:51,215:
terrain
1979
00:14:51,215 --> 00:14:51,725:
shifted
1980
00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:51,815:
and
1981
00:14:51,815 --> 00:14:51,965:
threw
1982
00:14:51,965 --> 00:14:52,054:
him
1983
00:14:52,054 --> 00:14:52,294:
off
1984
00:14:52,294 --> 00:14:54,424:
balance.
“What
1985
00:14:54,424 --> 00:14:56,434:
kind?”
“I
1986
00:14:56,434 --> 00:14:56,764:
want
1987
00:14:56,764 --> 00:14:56,884:
to
1988
00:14:56,884 --> 00:14:57,215:
learn
1989
00:14:57,215 --> 00:14:57,455:
from
1990
00:14:57,455 --> 00:14:59,075:
you.
1991
00:14:59,075 --> 00:14:59,225:
I
1992
00:14:59,225 --> 00:14:59,465:
want
1993
00:14:59,465 --> 00:14:59,615:
to
1994
00:14:59,615 --> 00:14:59,975:
reach a
1995
00:14:59,975 --> 00:15:00,215:
deer
1996
00:15:00,215 --> 00:15:02,735:
settlement.”
Basil
1997
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:03,184:
laughed.
1998
00:15:03,184 --> 00:15:03,424:
Not
1999
00:15:03,424 --> 00:15:03,485:
a
2000
00:15:03,485 --> 00:15:03,965:
chuckle,
2001
00:15:03,965 --> 00:15:03,995:
a
2002
00:15:03,995 --> 00:15:04,625:
full-bellied
2003
00:15:04,625 --> 00:15:06,095:
laugh.
“I’m
2004
00:15:06,095 --> 00:15:06,634:
about
2005
00:15:06,634 --> 00:15:06,995:
the
2006
00:15:06,995 --> 00:15:08,075:
worst
2007
00:15:08,075 --> 00:15:09,065:
person
2008
00:15:09,065 --> 00:15:09,215:
to
2009
00:15:09,215 --> 00:15:09,455:
teach
2010
00:15:09,455 --> 00:15:09,695:
you
2011
00:15:09,695 --> 00:15:09,875:
how
2012
00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:09,934:
to
2013
00:15:09,934 --> 00:15:10,264:
fit
2014
00:15:10,264 --> 00:15:11,825:
in. Believe me, you
2015
00:15:11,825 --> 00:15:12,004:
are
2016
00:15:12,004 --> 00:15:12,365:
gonna
2017
00:15:12,365 --> 00:15:12,544:
be
2018
00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:13,174:
fighting
2019
00:15:13,174 --> 00:15:14,615:
an uphill
2020
00:15:14,615 --> 00:15:16,745:
battle.”
Marrow
2021
00:15:16,745 --> 00:15:17,075:
closed
2022
00:15:17,075 --> 00:15:17,195:
the
2023
00:15:17,195 --> 00:15:17,404:
gap
2024
00:15:17,404 --> 00:15:17,735:
between
2025
00:15:17,735 --> 00:15:17,884:
them
2026
00:15:17,884 --> 00:15:18,034:
by
2027
00:15:18,034 --> 00:15:18,095:
a
2028
00:15:18,095 --> 00:15:18,274:
few
2029
00:15:18,274 --> 00:15:19,835:
meters.
“I’m
2030
00:15:19,835 --> 00:15:20,465:
not
2031
00:15:20,465 --> 00:15:20,855:
going
2032
00:15:20,855 --> 00:15:21,575:
back
2033
00:15:21,575 --> 00:15:21,725:
to
2034
00:15:21,725 --> 00:15:21,875:
the
2035
00:15:21,875 --> 00:15:24,784:
pack.”
Basil
2036
00:15:24,784 --> 00:15:24,934:
took
2037
00:15:24,934 --> 00:15:24,995:
a
2038
00:15:24,995 --> 00:15:25,205:
step
2039
00:15:25,205 --> 00:15:26,945:
closer.
“Why
2040
00:15:26,945 --> 00:15:28,024:
not?
2041
00:15:28,024 --> 00:15:28,174:
My
2042
00:15:28,174 --> 00:15:28,414:
ears
2043
00:15:28,414 --> 00:15:28,534:
are
2044
00:15:28,534 --> 00:15:30,424:
open.”
Marrow
2045
00:15:30,424 --> 00:15:30,664:
looked
2046
00:15:30,664 --> 00:15:31,024:
around,
2047
00:15:31,024 --> 00:15:31,144:
as
2048
00:15:31,144 --> 00:15:31,235:
if
2049
00:15:31,235 --> 00:15:31,355:
they
2050
00:15:31,355 --> 00:15:31,534:
could
2051
00:15:31,534 --> 00:15:31,715:
hear
2052
00:15:31,715 --> 00:15:33,725:
her.
“I
2053
00:15:33,725 --> 00:15:35,585:
want
2054
00:15:35,585 --> 00:15:35,825:
to
2055
00:15:35,825 --> 00:15:37,115:
continue
2056
00:15:37,115 --> 00:15:37,294:
a
2057
00:15:37,294 --> 00:15:38,254:
pursuit
2058
00:15:38,254 --> 00:15:38,705:
of
2059
00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:41,105:
information
2060
00:15:41,105 --> 00:15:42,004:
without
2061
00:15:42,004 --> 00:15:42,125:
the
2062
00:15:42,125 --> 00:15:43,054:
limitations
2063
00:15:43,054 --> 00:15:43,174:
of
2064
00:15:43,174 --> 00:15:43,504:
a
2065
00:15:43,504 --> 00:15:44,855:
scouting
2066
00:15:44,855 --> 00:15:47,134:
role.
2067
00:15:47,134 --> 00:15:47,225:
I
2068
00:15:47,225 --> 00:15:47,434:
want
2069
00:15:47,434 --> 00:15:47,524:
to
2070
00:15:47,524 --> 00:15:47,705:
learn
2071
00:15:47,705 --> 00:15:47,884:
more
2072
00:15:47,884 --> 00:15:48,095:
about
2073
00:15:48,095 --> 00:15:48,245:
your
2074
00:15:48,245 --> 00:15:49,715:
kind,
2075
00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:49,865:
and
2076
00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:50,195:
your
2077
00:15:50,195 --> 00:15:50,735:
approach
2078
00:15:50,735 --> 00:15:50,855:
to
2079
00:15:50,855 --> 00:15:50,975:
the
2080
00:15:50,975 --> 00:15:53,195:
world.”
Basil
2081
00:15:53,195 --> 00:15:54,634:
smiled.
“I
2082
00:15:54,634 --> 00:15:54,875:
think
2083
00:15:54,875 --> 00:15:54,965:
you
2084
00:15:54,965 --> 00:15:55,205:
want
2085
00:15:55,205 --> 00:15:55,625:
even more than
2086
00:15:55,625 --> 00:15:58,593:
that.”
Marrow
2087
00:15:58,593 --> 00:15:58,894:
sniffed
2088
00:15:58,894 --> 00:15:59,044:
the
2089
00:15:59,044 --> 00:15:59,284:
air
2090
00:15:59,284 --> 00:15:59,404:
and
2091
00:15:59,404 --> 00:15:59,554:
bit
2092
00:15:59,554 --> 00:15:59,644:
her
2093
00:15:59,644 --> 00:16:02,345:
lip.
“I…
2094
00:16:02,345 --> 00:16:02,644:
want
2095
00:16:02,644 --> 00:16:02,764:
to
2096
00:16:02,764 --> 00:16:03,095:
live
2097
00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:03,455:
beyond
2098
00:16:03,455 --> 00:16:05,225:
subsistence.
2099
00:16:05,225 --> 00:16:05,345:
I
2100
00:16:05,345 --> 00:16:05,735:
want
2101
00:16:05,735 --> 00:16:05,825:
the
2102
00:16:05,825 --> 00:16:06,455:
leisure
2103
00:16:06,455 --> 00:16:07,174:
afforded
2104
00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:07,384:
to
2105
00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:08,735:
deer.
2106
00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:08,855:
I
2107
00:16:08,855 --> 00:16:09,365:
want to
2108
00:16:09,365 --> 00:16:10,024:
advance
2109
00:16:10,024 --> 00:16:10,205:
my
2110
00:16:10,205 --> 00:16:11,014:
priorities
2111
00:16:11,014 --> 00:16:11,495:
beyond
2112
00:16:11,495 --> 00:16:12,245:
balancing
2113
00:16:12,245 --> 00:16:12,875:
caloric
2114
00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:15,125:
intake.”
“Do
2115
00:16:15,125 --> 00:16:15,485:
wolves
2116
00:16:15,485 --> 00:16:15,725:
not
2117
00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:15,995:
have
2118
00:16:15,995 --> 00:16:17,254:
that?”
She
2119
00:16:17,254 --> 00:16:19,024:
scoffed.
“I
2120
00:16:19,024 --> 00:16:19,205:
do
2121
00:16:19,205 --> 00:16:19,414:
not
2122
00:16:19,414 --> 00:16:19,715:
have
2123
00:16:19,715 --> 00:16:21,575:
that.
2124
00:16:21,575 --> 00:16:22,235:
Scouting is
2125
00:16:22,235 --> 00:16:22,294:
a
2126
00:16:22,294 --> 00:16:22,565:
lower
2127
00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:23,105:
priority
2128
00:16:23,105 --> 00:16:24,485:
role.
2129
00:16:24,485 --> 00:16:24,695:
And
2130
00:16:24,695 --> 00:16:24,845:
I
2131
00:16:24,845 --> 00:16:25,024:
do
2132
00:16:25,024 --> 00:16:25,294:
not
2133
00:16:25,294 --> 00:16:25,565:
like
2134
00:16:25,565 --> 00:16:25,684:
the
2135
00:16:25,684 --> 00:16:26,075:
games
2136
00:16:26,075 --> 00:16:26,254:
they
2137
00:16:26,254 --> 00:16:28,865:
play.”
“Yeah,
2138
00:16:28,865 --> 00:16:29,044:
you
2139
00:16:29,044 --> 00:16:29,225:
can
2140
00:16:29,225 --> 00:16:29,375:
do
2141
00:16:29,375 --> 00:16:30,519:
better.”
“They are
2142
00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:30,605:
a
2143
00:16:30,605 --> 00:16:30,845:
bunch
2144
00:16:30,845 --> 00:16:31,504:
of
2145
00:16:31,504 --> 00:16:32,345:
bachelors;
2146
00:16:32,345 --> 00:16:32,465:
they
2147
00:16:32,465 --> 00:16:32,615:
are
2148
00:16:32,615 --> 00:16:33,125:
barely
2149
00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:33,215:
a
2150
00:16:33,215 --> 00:16:35,825:
pack!”
Marrow
2151
00:16:35,825 --> 00:16:36,815:
grinned,
2152
00:16:36,815 --> 00:16:36,965:
the
2153
00:16:36,965 --> 00:16:37,475:
expression
2154
00:16:37,475 --> 00:16:37,684:
far
2155
00:16:37,684 --> 00:16:37,865:
less
2156
00:16:37,865 --> 00:16:38,225:
alien
2157
00:16:38,225 --> 00:16:38,375:
than
2158
00:16:38,375 --> 00:16:40,264:
before.
2159
00:16:40,264 --> 00:16:41,105:
Those daggerlike
2160
00:16:41,105 --> 00:16:41,884:
teeth
2161
00:16:41,884 --> 00:16:42,125:
weren’t
2162
00:16:42,125 --> 00:16:42,154:
a
2163
00:16:42,154 --> 00:16:43,414:
threat;
2164
00:16:43,414 --> 00:16:43,565:
they
2165
00:16:43,565 --> 00:16:43,745:
were
2166
00:16:43,745 --> 00:16:43,804:
a
2167
00:16:43,804 --> 00:16:44,225:
display
2168
00:16:44,225 --> 00:16:44,315:
of
2169
00:16:44,315 --> 00:16:48,245:
joy.
“Maybe
2170
00:16:48,245 --> 00:16:48,424:
we
2171
00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:48,605:
can
2172
00:16:48,605 --> 00:16:48,845:
make
2173
00:16:48,845 --> 00:16:48,904:
a
2174
00:16:48,904 --> 00:16:49,174:
pit
2175
00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:49,804:
stop in
2176
00:16:49,804 --> 00:16:50,105:
Blue
2177
00:16:50,105 --> 00:16:51,065:
Meadow,”
2178
00:16:51,065 --> 00:16:51,514:
Basil
2179
00:16:51,514 --> 00:16:52,804:
conceded. “I
2180
00:16:52,804 --> 00:16:53,014:
need
2181
00:16:53,014 --> 00:16:53,105:
to
2182
00:16:53,105 --> 00:16:53,434:
gather
2183
00:16:53,434 --> 00:16:54,304:
supplies.
2184
00:16:54,304 --> 00:16:55,774:
Maybe…”
He
2185
00:16:55,774 --> 00:16:56,134:
tilted
2186
00:16:56,134 --> 00:16:56,254:
his
2187
00:16:56,254 --> 00:16:56,434:
head
2188
00:16:56,434 --> 00:16:56,736:
down
2189
00:16:56,736 --> 00:16:56,914:
and gave
2190
00:16:56,914 --> 00:16:57,004:
her
2191
00:16:57,004 --> 00:16:57,065:
a
2192
00:16:57,065 --> 00:16:57,365:
hard
2193
00:16:57,365 --> 00:16:58,355:
look.
“Stay
2194
00:16:58,355 --> 00:17:00,365:
here.”
She
2195
00:17:00,365 --> 00:17:00,784:
obeyed
2196
00:17:00,784 --> 00:17:00,934:
while
2197
00:17:00,934 --> 00:17:00,995:
he
2198
00:17:00,995 --> 00:17:01,414:
hopped
2199
00:17:01,414 --> 00:17:01,475:
in
2200
00:17:01,475 --> 00:17:01,534:
the
2201
00:17:01,534 --> 00:17:01,835:
back
2202
00:17:01,835 --> 00:17:01,894:
of
2203
00:17:01,894 --> 00:17:01,985:
the
2204
00:17:01,985 --> 00:17:03,335:
truck.
2205
00:17:03,335 --> 00:17:03,424:
He
2206
00:17:03,424 --> 00:17:03,904:
wasn’t
2207
00:17:03,904 --> 00:17:04,295:
sure
2208
00:17:04,295 --> 00:17:04,535:
they’d
2209
00:17:04,535 --> 00:17:04,835:
still
2210
00:17:04,835 --> 00:17:05,194:
be
2211
00:17:05,194 --> 00:17:05,525:
here
2212
00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,505:
but…
He
2213
00:17:07,505 --> 00:17:07,775:
opened
2214
00:17:07,775 --> 00:17:07,865:
the
2215
00:17:07,865 --> 00:17:08,255:
tailgate
2216
00:17:08,255 --> 00:17:08,345:
and
2217
00:17:08,345 --> 00:17:08,644:
hopped
2218
00:17:08,644 --> 00:17:09,244:
out.
2219
00:17:09,244 --> 00:17:09,394:
In
2220
00:17:09,394 --> 00:17:09,515:
his
2221
00:17:09,515 --> 00:17:09,904:
arms
2222
00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:09,994:
were a
2223
00:17:09,994 --> 00:17:10,265:
long
2224
00:17:10,265 --> 00:17:10,835:
pair
2225
00:17:10,835 --> 00:17:10,984:
of
2226
00:17:10,984 --> 00:17:13,384:
antlers.
2227
00:17:13,384 --> 00:17:14,164:
Bashfully,
2228
00:17:14,164 --> 00:17:14,345:
he held
2229
00:17:14,345 --> 00:17:16,744:
them out.
“These
2230
00:17:16,744 --> 00:17:17,464:
might help you
2231
00:17:17,464 --> 00:17:17,914:
blend
2232
00:17:17,914 --> 00:17:18,545:
in while we’re
2233
00:17:18,545 --> 00:17:18,815:
there.
2234
00:17:18,815 --> 00:17:18,964:
No
2235
00:17:18,964 --> 00:17:19,191:
more
2236
00:17:19,191 --> 00:17:19,355:
than
2237
00:17:19,355 --> 00:17:19,414:
a
2238
00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:19,654:
day
2239
00:17:19,654 --> 00:17:19,775:
or
2240
00:17:19,775 --> 00:17:20,644:
two.”
He
2241
00:17:20,644 --> 00:17:22,174:
glared. “No
2242
00:17:22,174 --> 00:17:22,954:
unsupervised
2243
00:17:22,954 --> 00:17:23,434:
contact
2244
00:17:23,434 --> 00:17:24,065:
with
2245
00:17:24,065 --> 00:17:24,875:
any
2246
00:17:24,875 --> 00:17:25,984:
deer.
2247
00:17:25,984 --> 00:17:26,255:
Try
2248
00:17:26,255 --> 00:17:26,375:
not
2249
00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:26,464:
to
2250
00:17:26,464 --> 00:17:26,585:
let
2251
00:17:26,585 --> 00:17:26,704:
them
2252
00:17:26,704 --> 00:17:27,154:
see
2253
00:17:27,154 --> 00:17:28,505:
you.
2254
00:17:28,505 --> 00:17:28,654:
I
2255
00:17:28,654 --> 00:17:28,894:
don’t
2256
00:17:28,894 --> 00:17:29,194:
want
2257
00:17:29,194 --> 00:17:29,345:
them
2258
00:17:29,345 --> 00:17:29,644:
getting
2259
00:17:29,644 --> 00:17:30,305:
scared
2260
00:17:30,305 --> 00:17:30,454:
and
2261
00:17:30,454 --> 00:17:30,934:
killing
2262
00:17:30,934 --> 00:17:32,464:
you.”
His
2263
00:17:32,464 --> 00:17:32,765:
gaze
2264
00:17:32,765 --> 00:17:34,535:
softened. “But…
2265
00:17:34,535 --> 00:17:34,684:
I’ll
2266
00:17:34,684 --> 00:17:34,984:
drive
2267
00:17:34,984 --> 00:17:36,964:
slow.
2268
00:17:36,964 --> 00:17:37,115:
You
2269
00:17:37,115 --> 00:17:37,265:
can
2270
00:17:37,265 --> 00:17:37,474:
look
2271
00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:38,974:
around,
2272
00:17:38,974 --> 00:17:39,275:
maybe I’ll
2273
00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:39,515:
ask
2274
00:17:39,515 --> 00:17:39,575:
a
2275
00:17:39,575 --> 00:17:39,994:
question
2276
00:17:39,994 --> 00:17:40,085:
or
2277
00:17:40,085 --> 00:17:40,295:
two
2278
00:17:40,295 --> 00:17:40,414:
on
2279
00:17:40,414 --> 00:17:40,535:
your
2280
00:17:40,535 --> 00:17:43,411:
behalf.”
Marrow
2281
00:17:43,411 --> 00:17:43,565:
took
2282
00:17:43,565 --> 00:17:43,684:
the
2283
00:17:43,684 --> 00:17:44,375:
antlers
2284
00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:44,525:
and
2285
00:17:44,525 --> 00:17:44,884:
cradled
2286
00:17:44,884 --> 00:17:45,095:
them
2287
00:17:45,095 --> 00:17:45,214:
in
2288
00:17:45,214 --> 00:17:45,365:
her
2289
00:17:45,365 --> 00:17:46,654:
arms.
2290
00:17:46,654 --> 00:17:46,805:
Her
2291
00:17:46,805 --> 00:17:47,224:
face
2292
00:17:47,224 --> 00:17:47,404:
fell
2293
00:17:47,404 --> 00:17:47,884:
still
2294
00:17:47,884 --> 00:17:48,065:
with
2295
00:17:48,065 --> 00:17:50,615:
reverence.
“Why
2296
00:17:50,615 --> 00:17:50,734:
did
2297
00:17:50,734 --> 00:17:50,825:
you
2298
00:17:50,825 --> 00:17:51,184:
keep
2299
00:17:51,184 --> 00:17:52,204:
these?
2300
00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:52,295:
I
2301
00:17:52,295 --> 00:17:54,184:
thought-”
Basil
2302
00:17:54,184 --> 00:17:54,634:
grunted
2303
00:17:54,634 --> 00:17:56,164:
disapprovingly.
2304
00:17:56,164 --> 00:17:56,285:
He
2305
00:17:56,285 --> 00:17:56,615:
tossed
2306
00:17:56,615 --> 00:17:56,734:
her
2307
00:17:56,734 --> 00:17:56,795:
a
2308
00:17:56,795 --> 00:17:57,066:
can
2309
00:17:57,066 --> 00:17:57,154:
of
2310
00:17:57,154 --> 00:17:57,424:
scent
2311
00:17:57,424 --> 00:17:58,115:
killer.
2312
00:17:58,115 --> 00:17:58,384:
Marrow
2313
00:17:58,384 --> 00:17:58,684:
dropped
2314
00:17:58,684 --> 00:17:58,744:
the
2315
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:00,335:
topic.
“I’ll
2316
00:18:00,335 --> 00:18:00,575:
tell
2317
00:18:00,575 --> 00:18:00,724:
you
2318
00:18:00,724 --> 00:18:03,515:
later.”
Basil
2319
00:18:03,515 --> 00:18:03,664:
would
2320
00:18:03,664 --> 00:18:03,904:
never
2321
00:18:03,904 --> 00:18:04,265:
miss
2322
00:18:04,265 --> 00:18:04,444:
Blue
2323
00:18:04,444 --> 00:18:06,154:
Meadow.
2324
00:18:06,154 --> 00:18:06,244:
But
2325
00:18:06,244 --> 00:18:06,664:
Marrow
2326
00:18:06,664 --> 00:18:06,934:
couldn’t
2327
00:18:06,934 --> 00:18:07,174:
wait
2328
00:18:07,174 --> 00:18:07,295:
to
2329
00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:07,505:
see
2330
00:18:07,505 --> 00:18:14,315:
it.
This
2331
00:18:14,315 --> 00:18:15,454:
was “Antiherd
2332
00:18:15,454 --> 00:18:16,234:
Tendencies”
2333
00:18:16,234 --> 00:18:16,384:
by
2334
00:18:16,384 --> 00:18:16,894:
Bighorn
2335
00:18:16,894 --> 00:18:17,674:
Bill,
2336
00:18:17,674 --> 00:18:17,944:
read
2337
00:18:17,944 --> 00:18:18,214:
for you
2338
00:18:18,214 --> 00:18:18,394:
by
2339
00:18:18,394 --> 00:18:18,605:
Rob
2340
00:18:18,605 --> 00:18:19,234:
MacWolf,
2341
00:18:19,234 --> 00:18:19,744:
Werewolf
2342
00:18:19,744 --> 00:18:21,244:
Hitchhiker.
2343
00:18:21,244 --> 00:18:21,365:
You
2344
00:18:21,365 --> 00:18:21,515:
can
2345
00:18:21,515 --> 00:18:21,755:
find
2346
00:18:21,755 --> 00:18:21,994:
more
2347
00:18:21,994 --> 00:18:22,474:
stories
2348
00:18:22,474 --> 00:18:22,625:
on
2349
00:18:22,625 --> 00:18:22,714:
the
2350
00:18:22,714 --> 00:18:22,955:
web
2351
00:18:22,955 --> 00:18:23,105:
at
2352
00:18:23,105 --> 00:18:24,664:
thevoice.dog,
2353
00:18:24,664 --> 00:18:24,994:
or
2354
00:18:24,994 --> 00:18:25,234:
find
2355
00:18:25,234 --> 00:18:25,325:
the
2356
00:18:25,325 --> 00:18:25,535:
show
2357
00:18:25,535 --> 00:18:25,865:
wherever
2358
00:18:25,865 --> 00:18:26,015:
you
2359
00:18:26,015 --> 00:18:26,285:
get
2360
00:18:26,285 --> 00:18:26,494:
your
2361
00:18:26,494 --> 00:18:28,474:
podcasts.
2362
00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:28,775:
Thank
2363
00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:28,894:
you
2364
00:18:28,894 --> 00:18:29,194:
for
2365
00:18:29,194 --> 00:18:29,974:
listening
2366
00:18:29,974 --> 00:18:30,125:
to
2367
00:18:30,125 --> 00:18:30,244:
The
2368
00:18:30,244 --> 00:18:31,565:
Voice
2369
00:18:31,565 --> 00:18:31,835:
of
2370
00:18:31,835 --> 00:18:32,194:
Dog.