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to
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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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Today’s
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story
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is “Appleseed”
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by
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Marisca
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Pichette,
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who has
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published
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more
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than
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a
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hundred
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short
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stories
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and
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three
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hundred
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poems,
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and
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whose
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eco-horror
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novella,
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DARK
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CLOUD,
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is
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out
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now
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from
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Press.
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links
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to
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all
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her
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work
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on mariscapichette.com.
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find
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this
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story,
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alongside
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other
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wolf
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stories,
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in
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Spirit
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of
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the
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Wolf
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from
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Wolfsinger Publications,
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proceeds
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of
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which
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go
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to
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benefit
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wolf
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sanctuary.
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enjoy
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by
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Marisca
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Pichette
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legend
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where
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come
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from about
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bare
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feet
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tin
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pots.
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map full of
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footprints
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and cider,
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lines
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of
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bark.
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obscures
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once
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called
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home,
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before
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name
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taken
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replaced
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with
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Frontier.
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hills
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left
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sour
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old.
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heard
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story:
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child is
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walking through
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the
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woods,
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looking for a
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grandmother. The
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child
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wears
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red and
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something–a
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basket,
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briefcase,
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mush
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pot.
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child
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naive.
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child
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should never have entered the woods alone. The child is
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destined
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to
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die.
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there
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is
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man. The
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man
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has
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rifle
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or a
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bathed in
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disease.
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strong
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hero
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kills
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wolf. He
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everyone
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knows
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wolves
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are
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evil.
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wolves
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are
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wild.
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knows
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only
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the
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child
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worth
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saving
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in
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story.
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wolf,
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death.
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simple,
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easy.
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woodland.
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million
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stars.
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hungry,
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yes,
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for
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milk–not
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blood.
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if
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were
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children
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in
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the
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world,
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hadn’t
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met
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them.
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was
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all
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years
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ago,
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years
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before
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heard
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your
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call
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came
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searching
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for
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another
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path
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to
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follow.
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the
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way
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met
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many
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men–carrying
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axes
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and
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guns
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and
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death.
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tried
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to
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kill
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me.
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tried
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to
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save
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me.
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the
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legend—if
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indeed,
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you’ve
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heard
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it
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at
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all.
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where
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true
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story
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begins.
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met
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him
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when
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was
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young.
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had
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firelight
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in
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his
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eyes.
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smelled
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of
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putrefaction
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and
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sweat,
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his
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boots
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00:02:45,930 --> 00:02:46,349:
coated
329
00:02:46,349 --> 00:02:46,469:
in
330
00:02:46,469 --> 00:02:47,580:
ash.
331
00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:47,699:
He
332
00:02:47,699 --> 00:02:47,879:
was
333
00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:49,590:
large–too
334
00:02:49,590 --> 00:02:49,979:
large
335
00:02:49,979 --> 00:02:50,099:
for
336
00:02:50,099 --> 00:02:50,310:
me
337
00:02:50,310 --> 00:02:50,460:
but
338
00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:50,580:
I
339
00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:50,759:
was
340
00:02:50,759 --> 00:02:51,599:
hungry.
341
00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:51,750:
And
342
00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:52,110:
hunger
343
00:02:52,110 --> 00:02:52,379:
makes
344
00:02:52,379 --> 00:02:53,759:
wolves
345
00:02:53,759 --> 00:02:53,939:
do
346
00:02:53,939 --> 00:02:54,479:
stupid
347
00:02:54,479 --> 00:02:56,669:
things.
The
348
00:02:56,669 --> 00:02:57,000:
first
349
00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,050:
night,
350
00:02:58,050 --> 00:02:58,169:
I
351
00:02:58,169 --> 00:02:58,620:
managed
352
00:02:58,620 --> 00:02:58,710:
to
353
00:02:58,710 --> 00:02:59,039:
steal
354
00:02:59,039 --> 00:02:59,219:
some
355
00:02:59,219 --> 00:02:59,490:
food
356
00:02:59,490 --> 00:02:59,729:
without
357
00:02:59,729 --> 00:03:00,090:
waking
358
00:03:00,090 --> 00:03:01,530:
him.
359
00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:01,620:
The
360
00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:02,009:
second,
361
00:03:02,009 --> 00:03:02,099:
I
362
00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:02,370:
came
363
00:03:02,370 --> 00:03:02,520:
too
364
00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,590:
close.
Could
365
00:03:04,590 --> 00:03:04,680:
he
366
00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:05,009:
smell
367
00:03:05,009 --> 00:03:05,340:
me,
368
00:03:05,340 --> 00:03:05,550:
like
369
00:03:05,550 --> 00:03:05,729:
I
370
00:03:05,729 --> 00:03:06,120:
smelled
371
00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,560:
him?
372
00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:07,740:
He
373
00:03:07,740 --> 00:03:08,159:
reeked
374
00:03:08,159 --> 00:03:08,400:
like
375
00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:08,490:
the
376
00:03:08,490 --> 00:03:08,909:
clearing
377
00:03:08,909 --> 00:03:09,115:
I’d
378
00:03:09,115 --> 00:03:09,389:
found
379
00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:09,449:
the
380
00:03:09,449 --> 00:03:09,659:
week
381
00:03:09,659 --> 00:03:10,439:
earlier–stained
382
00:03:10,439 --> 00:03:10,560:
with
383
00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:11,280:
blood,
384
00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:11,639:
dusty
385
00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:11,819:
with
386
00:03:11,819 --> 00:03:12,719:
fear.
387
00:03:12,719 --> 00:03:12,900:
I
388
00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:13,530:
tried
389
00:03:13,530 --> 00:03:14,009:
tracking
390
00:03:14,009 --> 00:03:14,550:
beyond, but
391
00:03:14,550 --> 00:03:14,879:
those
392
00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:15,300:
stains
393
00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:15,389:
were
394
00:03:15,389 --> 00:03:15,750:
all
395
00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:15,840:
I
396
00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:16,050:
was to
397
00:03:16,050 --> 00:03:16,530:
find
398
00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:16,620:
of
399
00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:18,599:
her.
There is
400
00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:18,810:
just
401
00:03:18,810 --> 00:03:19,110:
one
402
00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:19,650:
grandmother
403
00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:19,740:
in
404
00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:19,919:
my
405
00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:20,699:
story:
406
00:03:20,699 --> 00:03:20,939:
my
407
00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:22,620:
own.
408
00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:22,740:
When
409
00:03:22,740 --> 00:03:22,830:
my
410
00:03:22,830 --> 00:03:23,129:
mother
411
00:03:23,129 --> 00:03:23,280:
was
412
00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:23,580:
shot
413
00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:23,669:
and
414
00:03:23,669 --> 00:03:24,479:
skinned before I could
415
00:03:24,479 --> 00:03:24,659:
hunt
416
00:03:24,659 --> 00:03:24,749:
for
417
00:03:24,749 --> 00:03:25,199:
myself,
418
00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:25,379:
she
419
00:03:25,379 --> 00:03:25,560:
led
420
00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:25,680:
me
421
00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:25,889:
through
422
00:03:25,889 --> 00:03:26,280:
tall
423
00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,210:
grasses
424
00:03:27,210 --> 00:03:27,389:
and
425
00:03:27,389 --> 00:03:27,599:
under
426
00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:28,139:
mountains
427
00:03:28,139 --> 00:03:28,319:
too
428
00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:28,620:
steep
429
00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:28,740:
to
430
00:03:28,740 --> 00:03:30,270:
climb.
431
00:03:30,270 --> 00:03:30,449:
She
432
00:03:30,449 --> 00:03:30,719:
told
433
00:03:30,719 --> 00:03:30,840:
me
434
00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:30,960:
to
435
00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,289:
beware
436
00:03:31,289 --> 00:03:31,409:
of
437
00:03:31,409 --> 00:03:31,979:
men
438
00:03:31,979 --> 00:03:32,099:
with
439
00:03:32,099 --> 00:03:32,250:
their
440
00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:32,729:
knives
441
00:03:32,729 --> 00:03:32,849:
and
442
00:03:32,849 --> 00:03:34,590:
guns.
443
00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:34,889:
Men
444
00:03:34,889 --> 00:03:35,129:
like
445
00:03:35,129 --> 00:03:35,219:
the
446
00:03:35,219 --> 00:03:35,610:
ones who
447
00:03:35,610 --> 00:03:35,849:
made
448
00:03:35,849 --> 00:03:36,060:
her
449
00:03:36,060 --> 00:03:36,930:
vanish
450
00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:37,080:
and
451
00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:37,289:
left
452
00:03:37,289 --> 00:03:37,409:
me
453
00:03:37,409 --> 00:03:39,569:
alone.
Men
454
00:03:39,569 --> 00:03:39,810:
like
455
00:03:39,810 --> 00:03:39,900:
the
456
00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:40,110:
one
457
00:03:40,110 --> 00:03:40,199:
I
458
00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:40,500:
saw
459
00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:41,819:
now,
460
00:03:41,819 --> 00:03:42,030:
on
461
00:03:42,030 --> 00:03:42,150:
the other
462
00:03:42,150 --> 00:03:42,479:
side
463
00:03:42,479 --> 00:03:42,539:
of
464
00:03:42,539 --> 00:03:42,599:
a
465
00:03:42,599 --> 00:03:42,960:
dying
466
00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,780:
fire.
I
467
00:03:45,780 --> 00:03:46,110:
wonder
468
00:03:46,110 --> 00:03:46,500:
still
469
00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:46,590:
if
470
00:03:46,590 --> 00:03:46,740:
he
471
00:03:46,740 --> 00:03:47,069:
killed
472
00:03:47,069 --> 00:03:48,810:
her,
473
00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:48,990:
if
474
00:03:48,990 --> 00:03:49,080:
the
475
00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:49,620:
darkened
476
00:03:49,620 --> 00:03:50,189:
spots
477
00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:50,340:
on
478
00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:50,520:
his
479
00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,060:
cuffs
480
00:03:51,060 --> 00:03:51,870:
half-visible
481
00:03:51,870 --> 00:03:51,990:
in
482
00:03:51,990 --> 00:03:52,080:
the
483
00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:52,530:
night
484
00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:52,740:
were
485
00:03:52,740 --> 00:03:56,039:
hers.
He
486
00:03:56,039 --> 00:03:56,310:
rolled
487
00:03:56,310 --> 00:03:56,430:
to
488
00:03:56,430 --> 00:03:56,610:
his
489
00:03:56,610 --> 00:03:56,909:
feet
490
00:03:56,909 --> 00:03:57,120:
too
491
00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:57,569:
fast,
492
00:03:57,569 --> 00:03:57,780:
gun
493
00:03:57,780 --> 00:03:57,900:
in
494
00:03:57,900 --> 00:03:58,949:
hand.
495
00:03:58,949 --> 00:03:59,099:
I
496
00:03:59,099 --> 00:03:59,280:
knew
497
00:03:59,280 --> 00:03:59,520:
then
498
00:03:59,520 --> 00:03:59,669:
his
499
00:03:59,669 --> 00:04:00,090:
slumber
500
00:04:00,090 --> 00:04:00,210:
had
501
00:04:00,210 --> 00:04:00,389:
been
502
00:04:00,389 --> 00:04:02,099:
feigned.
“You
503
00:04:02,099 --> 00:04:02,370:
won’t
504
00:04:02,370 --> 00:04:02,639:
get
505
00:04:02,639 --> 00:04:02,939:
my
506
00:04:02,939 --> 00:04:03,539:
grub
507
00:04:03,539 --> 00:04:06,150:
again.”
When
508
00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:06,240:
he
509
00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:06,599:
shot
510
00:04:06,599 --> 00:04:06,750:
me,
511
00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:06,810:
I
512
00:04:06,810 --> 00:04:06,960:
was
513
00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,229:
already
514
00:04:07,229 --> 00:04:07,319:
in
515
00:04:07,319 --> 00:04:07,439:
the
516
00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:09,120:
air.
517
00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:09,270:
My
518
00:04:09,270 --> 00:04:09,629:
teeth
519
00:04:09,629 --> 00:04:09,960:
found
520
00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:10,110:
his
521
00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:10,770:
neck.
522
00:04:10,770 --> 00:04:11,009:
His
523
00:04:11,009 --> 00:04:11,374:
bullet
524
00:04:11,374 --> 00:04:11,669:
found
525
00:04:11,669 --> 00:04:11,849:
my
526
00:04:11,849 --> 00:04:13,740:
leg.
We
527
00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:13,949:
hit
528
00:04:13,949 --> 00:04:14,039:
the
529
00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:14,490:
ground
530
00:04:14,490 --> 00:04:15,419:
together.
531
00:04:15,419 --> 00:04:15,900:
Blood
532
00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:16,050:
and
533
00:04:16,050 --> 00:04:16,589:
skin
534
00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:16,769:
and
535
00:04:16,769 --> 00:04:17,639:
fur.
In
536
00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:17,850:
this
537
00:04:17,850 --> 00:04:18,360:
story,
538
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:18,480:
the
539
00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:18,779:
big
540
00:04:18,779 --> 00:04:19,139:
bad
541
00:04:19,139 --> 00:04:19,379:
wolf
542
00:04:19,379 --> 00:04:19,800:
doesn’t
543
00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:20,459:
die.
544
00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:20,910:
She
545
00:04:20,910 --> 00:04:21,449:
kills
546
00:04:21,449 --> 00:04:21,540:
the
547
00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:22,379:
man
548
00:04:22,379 --> 00:04:22,469:
and
549
00:04:22,469 --> 00:04:22,649:
she
550
00:04:22,649 --> 00:04:23,069:
cries
551
00:04:23,069 --> 00:04:23,189:
for
552
00:04:23,189 --> 00:04:23,279:
her
553
00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:24,629:
grandmother
554
00:04:24,629 --> 00:04:24,750:
while
555
00:04:24,750 --> 00:04:24,959:
she
556
00:04:24,959 --> 00:04:26,399:
bleeds
557
00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:26,550:
and
558
00:04:26,550 --> 00:04:27,149:
bleeds
559
00:04:27,149 --> 00:04:27,449:
onto
560
00:04:27,449 --> 00:04:27,899:
ashy
561
00:04:27,899 --> 00:04:30,267:
ground.
And
562
00:04:30,267 --> 00:04:30,449:
that
563
00:04:30,449 --> 00:04:30,569:
is
564
00:04:30,569 --> 00:04:30,689:
where
565
00:04:30,689 --> 00:04:30,779:
the
566
00:04:30,779 --> 00:04:31,230:
child
567
00:04:31,230 --> 00:04:31,680:
finds
568
00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,957:
her.
#
He
569
00:04:34,957 --> 00:04:35,220:
looked
570
00:04:35,220 --> 00:04:35,430:
like
571
00:04:35,430 --> 00:04:35,490:
a
572
00:04:35,490 --> 00:04:36,600:
man.
573
00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:36,689:
He
574
00:04:36,689 --> 00:04:36,779:
did
575
00:04:36,779 --> 00:04:36,990:
not
576
00:04:36,990 --> 00:04:37,170:
wear
577
00:04:37,170 --> 00:04:38,250:
red,
578
00:04:38,250 --> 00:04:38,430:
but
579
00:04:38,430 --> 00:04:38,490:
he
580
00:04:38,490 --> 00:04:38,879:
carried
581
00:04:38,879 --> 00:04:39,269:
something:
582
00:04:39,269 --> 00:04:39,420:
not
583
00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:39,480:
a
584
00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:40,319:
basket
585
00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:40,500:
but
586
00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:40,560:
a
587
00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,209:
bag.
588
00:04:42,209 --> 00:04:42,569:
Filled
589
00:04:42,569 --> 00:04:42,779:
not
590
00:04:42,779 --> 00:04:42,930:
with
591
00:04:42,930 --> 00:04:43,470:
cakes
592
00:04:43,470 --> 00:04:43,649:
but
593
00:04:43,649 --> 00:04:45,149:
seeds, he
594
00:04:45,149 --> 00:04:45,540:
dropped it
595
00:04:45,540 --> 00:04:45,689:
on
596
00:04:45,689 --> 00:04:45,779:
the
597
00:04:45,779 --> 00:04:46,199:
ground
598
00:04:46,199 --> 00:04:46,290:
and
599
00:04:46,290 --> 00:04:46,500:
knelt
600
00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:46,709:
by
601
00:04:46,709 --> 00:04:47,220:
me.
602
00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:47,370:
He
603
00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:47,730:
smelled
604
00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:47,850:
of
605
00:04:47,850 --> 00:04:48,449:
earth
606
00:04:48,449 --> 00:04:48,567:
and
607
00:04:48,567 --> 00:04:49,829:
grains.
608
00:04:49,829 --> 00:04:49,920:
He
609
00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:50,220:
smelled
610
00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:51,180:
sweet, a
611
00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:51,420:
kind
612
00:04:51,420 --> 00:04:51,480:
of
613
00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:51,750:
sweet
614
00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:51,810:
I
615
00:04:51,810 --> 00:04:52,110:
hadn’t
616
00:04:52,110 --> 00:04:52,470:
smelled
617
00:04:52,470 --> 00:04:53,910:
before.
Apples,
618
00:04:53,910 --> 00:04:54,000:
I
619
00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,240:
would
620
00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:54,930:
learn.
621
00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:55,079:
He
622
00:04:55,079 --> 00:04:55,589:
smelled
623
00:04:55,589 --> 00:04:55,681:
of
624
00:04:55,681 --> 00:04:58,079:
apples.
“Lord,
625
00:04:58,079 --> 00:04:58,319:
have
626
00:04:58,319 --> 00:05:00,449:
mercy.”
When
627
00:05:00,449 --> 00:05:00,569:
he
628
00:05:00,569 --> 00:05:00,810:
came
629
00:05:00,810 --> 00:05:01,117:
close
630
00:05:01,117 --> 00:05:01,170:
I
631
00:05:01,170 --> 00:05:01,410:
tried
632
00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:01,500:
to
633
00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:01,829:
bite
634
00:05:01,829 --> 00:05:01,980:
him,
635
00:05:01,980 --> 00:05:02,100:
but
636
00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:02,160:
he
637
00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:02,339:
was
638
00:05:02,339 --> 00:05:03,000:
healthy
639
00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:03,120:
and
640
00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:03,269:
I had
641
00:05:03,269 --> 00:05:03,420:
been
642
00:05:03,420 --> 00:05:03,750:
lying
643
00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:03,870:
on
644
00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:03,959:
the
645
00:05:03,959 --> 00:05:04,589:
stinking
646
00:05:04,589 --> 00:05:05,069:
corpse
647
00:05:05,069 --> 00:05:05,129:
of
648
00:05:05,129 --> 00:05:05,220:
the
649
00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:05,459:
man
650
00:05:05,459 --> 00:05:05,579:
for
651
00:05:05,579 --> 00:05:05,790:
two
652
00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:06,149:
days
653
00:05:06,149 --> 00:05:06,240:
and
654
00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,040:
nights.
655
00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:08,189:
He
656
00:05:08,189 --> 00:05:08,639:
dodged
657
00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:08,879:
my
658
00:05:08,879 --> 00:05:09,269:
teeth
659
00:05:09,269 --> 00:05:09,420:
and
660
00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:09,750:
picked
661
00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:09,870:
up
662
00:05:09,870 --> 00:05:10,079:
my
663
00:05:10,079 --> 00:05:11,040:
leg.
664
00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:11,550:
Pain
665
00:05:11,550 --> 00:05:11,879:
ran
666
00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:12,089:
through
667
00:05:12,089 --> 00:05:12,269:
me
668
00:05:12,269 --> 00:05:12,509:
like
669
00:05:12,509 --> 00:05:12,839:
water
670
00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:13,079:
over
671
00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:14,459:
stones.
672
00:05:14,459 --> 00:05:14,670:
I
673
00:05:14,670 --> 00:05:16,775:
howled.
Through a
674
00:05:16,775 --> 00:05:17,189:
haze
675
00:05:17,189 --> 00:05:17,279:
of
676
00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:18,060:
exhaustion
677
00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:18,600:
and agony
678
00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:18,720:
I
679
00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:19,079:
saw
680
00:05:19,079 --> 00:05:19,740:
him:
681
00:05:19,740 --> 00:05:20,069:
eyes
682
00:05:20,069 --> 00:05:20,790:
dark,
683
00:05:20,790 --> 00:05:21,060:
head
684
00:05:21,060 --> 00:05:22,680:
down.
685
00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:22,769:
He
686
00:05:22,769 --> 00:05:23,189:
crushed
687
00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:23,610:
leaves
688
00:05:23,610 --> 00:05:23,790:
over
689
00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:23,970:
my
690
00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:25,379:
wound.
691
00:05:25,379 --> 00:05:25,560:
The
692
00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:25,860:
air
693
00:05:25,860 --> 00:05:26,189:
turned
694
00:05:26,189 --> 00:05:28,230:
sour.
“Lord,
695
00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:28,500:
have
696
00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:30,000:
mercy.
697
00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:30,180:
Let
698
00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:30,540:
life
699
00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:33,060:
endure.”
He
700
00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:33,300:
tore
701
00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:33,689:
cloth
702
00:05:33,689 --> 00:05:33,870:
from
703
00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:34,019:
his
704
00:05:34,019 --> 00:05:34,350:
shirt
705
00:05:34,350 --> 00:05:34,439:
and
706
00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:34,709:
wrapped it
707
00:05:34,709 --> 00:05:34,949:
around
708
00:05:34,949 --> 00:05:35,129:
my
709
00:05:35,129 --> 00:05:36,750:
leg.
710
00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:36,839:
I
711
00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:37,410:
howled
712
00:05:37,410 --> 00:05:37,529:
and
713
00:05:37,529 --> 00:05:38,069:
thrashed
714
00:05:38,069 --> 00:05:38,160:
as
715
00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:38,339:
much
716
00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:38,490:
as
717
00:05:38,490 --> 00:05:38,610:
I
718
00:05:38,610 --> 00:05:39,000:
could,
719
00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:39,300:
unable
720
00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:39,389:
to
721
00:05:39,389 --> 00:05:39,998:
breathe or
722
00:05:39,998 --> 00:05:41,069:
think.
723
00:05:41,069 --> 00:05:41,279:
He’d
724
00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:41,519:
not
725
00:05:41,519 --> 00:05:41,730:
yet
726
00:05:41,730 --> 00:05:42,120:
tied
727
00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:42,240:
the
728
00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:42,629:
knot
729
00:05:42,629 --> 00:05:42,959:
before
730
00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:43,050:
I
731
00:05:43,050 --> 00:05:43,589:
succumbed
732
00:05:43,589 --> 00:05:43,740:
to
733
00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:47,220:
darkness.
#
This
734
00:05:47,220 --> 00:05:47,430:
is
735
00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:47,519:
the
736
00:05:47,519 --> 00:05:47,939:
story
737
00:05:47,939 --> 00:05:48,029:
I
738
00:05:48,029 --> 00:05:48,269:
bring
739
00:05:48,269 --> 00:05:48,449:
with
740
00:05:48,449 --> 00:05:48,569:
me,
741
00:05:48,569 --> 00:05:48,779:
from
742
00:05:48,779 --> 00:05:48,839:
a
743
00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:49,170:
land
744
00:05:49,170 --> 00:05:49,410:
not
745
00:05:49,410 --> 00:05:49,769:
unlike
746
00:05:49,769 --> 00:05:50,009:
this
747
00:05:50,009 --> 00:05:51,209:
one.
748
00:05:51,209 --> 00:05:51,420:
More
749
00:05:51,420 --> 00:05:51,959:
threatened,
750
00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:52,230:
less
751
00:05:52,230 --> 00:05:53,639:
frozen.
752
00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:54,029:
You
753
00:05:54,029 --> 00:05:54,300:
have
754
00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:54,540:
your
755
00:05:54,540 --> 00:05:54,839:
own,
756
00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:55,379:
inherited
757
00:05:55,379 --> 00:05:55,560:
from
758
00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:55,769:
other
759
00:05:55,769 --> 00:05:56,281:
packs
760
00:05:56,281 --> 00:05:56,372:
and
761
00:05:56,372 --> 00:05:56,970:
encounters
762
00:05:56,970 --> 00:05:57,120:
with
763
00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:57,420:
men
764
00:05:57,420 --> 00:05:57,569:
and
765
00:05:57,569 --> 00:05:58,860:
guns.
766
00:05:58,860 --> 00:05:58,949:
I
767
00:05:58,949 --> 00:05:59,220:
hope
768
00:05:59,220 --> 00:05:59,310:
you
769
00:05:59,310 --> 00:05:59,430:
will
770
00:05:59,430 --> 00:05:59,850:
forgive
771
00:05:59,850 --> 00:05:59,970:
me
772
00:05:59,970 --> 00:06:00,089:
for
773
00:06:00,089 --> 00:06:00,269:
my
774
00:06:00,269 --> 00:06:00,959:
divergence.
775
00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:01,050:
I
776
00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:01,170:
have
777
00:06:01,170 --> 00:06:01,350:
not
778
00:06:01,350 --> 00:06:01,620:
always
779
00:06:01,620 --> 00:06:01,949:
run
780
00:06:01,949 --> 00:06:02,160:
from
781
00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,689:
them.
There
782
00:06:03,689 --> 00:06:03,870:
was
783
00:06:03,870 --> 00:06:04,079:
one
784
00:06:04,079 --> 00:06:04,199:
I
785
00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:04,889:
followed,
786
00:06:04,889 --> 00:06:05,160:
for
787
00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:05,220:
a
788
00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:08,279:
time.
#
I
789
00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:08,730:
lost
790
00:06:08,730 --> 00:06:08,970:
those
791
00:06:08,970 --> 00:06:09,329:
first
792
00:06:09,329 --> 00:06:09,540:
three
793
00:06:09,540 --> 00:06:09,899:
days
794
00:06:09,899 --> 00:06:10,050:
to
795
00:06:10,050 --> 00:06:11,670:
illness.
796
00:06:11,670 --> 00:06:11,790:
I
797
00:06:11,790 --> 00:06:12,360:
expected
798
00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:12,449:
to
799
00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:13,350:
die,
800
00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:13,529:
but
801
00:06:13,529 --> 00:06:14,040:
somehow
802
00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:14,189:
I
803
00:06:14,189 --> 00:06:15,420:
endured.
804
00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:15,629:
In
805
00:06:15,629 --> 00:06:15,720:
the
806
00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:16,199:
mist
807
00:06:16,199 --> 00:06:16,290:
of
808
00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:16,573:
what
809
00:06:16,573 --> 00:06:16,616:
I
810
00:06:16,616 --> 00:06:17,160:
remember,
811
00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:17,519:
he
812
00:06:17,519 --> 00:06:17,759:
was
813
00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:18,389:
always
814
00:06:18,389 --> 00:06:19,379:
there.
815
00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:19,769:
Feeding
816
00:06:19,769 --> 00:06:20,220:
me,
817
00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:20,459:
giving
818
00:06:20,459 --> 00:06:20,610:
me
819
00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:21,000:
water
820
00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:21,120:
in
821
00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:21,180:
a
822
00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:22,470:
tin pot.
823
00:06:22,470 --> 00:06:22,860:
Checking
824
00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:23,009:
my
825
00:06:23,009 --> 00:06:23,279:
leg
826
00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:23,670:
again
827
00:06:23,670 --> 00:06:23,819:
and
828
00:06:23,819 --> 00:06:25,560:
again.
You
829
00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:25,800:
don’t
830
00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:26,220:
believe
831
00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:26,639:
me.
832
00:06:26,639 --> 00:06:26,850:
You
833
00:06:26,850 --> 00:06:27,060:
don’t
834
00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:27,240:
see
835
00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:27,420:
how
836
00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:27,480:
a
837
00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:27,779:
man
838
00:06:27,779 --> 00:06:27,930:
could
839
00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:28,170:
act
840
00:06:28,170 --> 00:06:28,379:
like
841
00:06:28,379 --> 00:06:28,740:
that.
But
842
00:06:28,740 --> 00:06:30,449:
remember—he
843
00:06:30,449 --> 00:06:30,629:
was
844
00:06:30,629 --> 00:06:30,870:
really
845
00:06:30,870 --> 00:06:30,930:
a
846
00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:31,769:
child
847
00:06:31,769 --> 00:06:31,889:
in
848
00:06:31,889 --> 00:06:31,980:
the
849
00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:32,339:
shape
850
00:06:32,339 --> 00:06:32,459:
of
851
00:06:32,459 --> 00:06:32,519:
a
852
00:06:32,519 --> 00:06:34,199:
man.
853
00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:34,379:
He
854
00:06:34,379 --> 00:06:34,740:
spoke
855
00:06:34,740 --> 00:06:34,860:
to
856
00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:34,980:
me
857
00:06:34,980 --> 00:06:35,100:
in
858
00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:35,430:
soft
859
00:06:35,430 --> 00:06:36,180:
tones and
860
00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:36,360:
with
861
00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:36,480:
my
862
00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:36,839:
eyes
863
00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:37,259:
closed
864
00:06:37,259 --> 00:06:37,319:
I
865
00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:37,769:
imagined
866
00:06:37,769 --> 00:06:37,920:
my
867
00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:38,850:
grandmother,
868
00:06:38,850 --> 00:06:38,995:
her
869
00:06:38,995 --> 00:06:39,269:
tongue
870
00:06:39,269 --> 00:06:39,389:
on
871
00:06:39,389 --> 00:06:39,540:
my
872
00:06:39,540 --> 00:06:41,279:
fur.
873
00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:41,490:
As
874
00:06:41,490 --> 00:06:41,670:
my
875
00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:42,389:
consciousness
876
00:06:42,389 --> 00:06:43,709:
returned,
877
00:06:43,709 --> 00:06:43,949:
she
878
00:06:43,949 --> 00:06:45,600:
faded.
879
00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:45,839:
Only
880
00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:45,959:
he
881
00:06:45,959 --> 00:06:48,360:
remained.
He
882
00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:48,629:
read
883
00:06:48,629 --> 00:06:48,750:
to
884
00:06:48,750 --> 00:06:48,899:
me
885
00:06:48,899 --> 00:06:49,079:
from
886
00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:49,170:
a
887
00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:49,439:
book
888
00:06:49,439 --> 00:06:49,589:
he
889
00:06:49,589 --> 00:06:50,009:
carried.
890
00:06:50,009 --> 00:06:50,519:
Verses
891
00:06:50,519 --> 00:06:50,639:
and
892
00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:51,180:
songs
893
00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:51,300:
that
894
00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:51,660:
spoke
895
00:06:51,660 --> 00:06:51,750:
of
896
00:06:51,750 --> 00:06:51,839:
the
897
00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:52,199:
world
898
00:06:52,199 --> 00:06:52,290:
and
899
00:06:52,290 --> 00:06:52,529:
seemed
900
00:06:52,529 --> 00:06:52,589:
to
901
00:06:52,589 --> 00:06:52,860:
bring
902
00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:53,100:
him
903
00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:54,300:
comfort.
904
00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:54,449:
To
905
00:06:54,449 --> 00:06:54,629:
me
906
00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:54,750:
they
907
00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:55,019:
brought
908
00:06:55,019 --> 00:06:57,240:
confusion.
You
909
00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:57,463:
know
910
00:06:57,463 --> 00:06:57,569:
the
911
00:06:57,569 --> 00:06:58,050:
story.
912
00:06:58,050 --> 00:06:58,410:
The man
913
00:06:58,410 --> 00:06:58,800:
kills
914
00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:58,889:
the
915
00:06:58,889 --> 00:06:59,250:
wolf.
916
00:06:59,250 --> 00:06:59,339:
The
917
00:06:59,339 --> 00:06:59,519:
man
918
00:06:59,519 --> 00:06:59,790:
doesn’t
919
00:06:59,790 --> 00:07:00,269:
save
920
00:07:00,269 --> 00:07:02,069:
it.
Over
921
00:07:02,069 --> 00:07:02,160:
the
922
00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:02,430:
days
923
00:07:02,430 --> 00:07:02,579:
I
924
00:07:02,579 --> 00:07:02,910:
learned
925
00:07:02,910 --> 00:07:03,060:
he
926
00:07:03,060 --> 00:07:03,300:
was
927
00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:03,720:
trying
928
00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:03,810:
to
929
00:07:03,810 --> 00:07:04,079:
save
930
00:07:04,079 --> 00:07:04,230:
me
931
00:07:04,230 --> 00:07:04,649:
in
932
00:07:04,649 --> 00:07:05,009:
many
933
00:07:05,009 --> 00:07:06,269:
ways.
934
00:07:06,269 --> 00:07:06,449:
He
935
00:07:06,449 --> 00:07:06,779:
wanted
936
00:07:06,779 --> 00:07:06,899:
my
937
00:07:06,899 --> 00:07:07,290:
body
938
00:07:07,290 --> 00:07:07,350:
to
939
00:07:07,350 --> 00:07:07,709:
live,
940
00:07:07,709 --> 00:07:08,069:
but
941
00:07:08,069 --> 00:07:08,279:
he
942
00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:09,240:
wanted also for
943
00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:09,420:
me
944
00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:09,540:
to
945
00:07:09,540 --> 00:07:10,170:
change into
946
00:07:10,170 --> 00:07:10,529:
something
947
00:07:10,529 --> 00:07:11,730:
else.
948
00:07:11,730 --> 00:07:11,850:
He
949
00:07:11,850 --> 00:07:12,209:
spoke
950
00:07:12,209 --> 00:07:12,360:
of
951
00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,800:
belief and
952
00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,160:
human
953
00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,079:
civilization.
954
00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:16,199:
He
955
00:07:16,199 --> 00:07:16,560:
spoke
956
00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:16,649:
of
957
00:07:16,649 --> 00:07:18,149:
forgiveness–forgiving
958
00:07:18,149 --> 00:07:18,420:
me
959
00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:18,569:
for
960
00:07:18,569 --> 00:07:18,870:
killing the
961
00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:19,079:
other
962
00:07:19,079 --> 00:07:19,769:
man;
963
00:07:19,769 --> 00:07:20,189:
forgiving
964
00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:20,819:
him
965
00:07:20,819 --> 00:07:20,910:
for
966
00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:21,149:
trying
967
00:07:21,149 --> 00:07:21,240:
to
968
00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:21,449:
kill
969
00:07:21,449 --> 00:07:23,129:
me.
I
970
00:07:23,129 --> 00:07:23,759:
realized
971
00:07:23,759 --> 00:07:24,000:
then
972
00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,120:
that
973
00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:24,269:
he
974
00:07:24,269 --> 00:07:24,449:
was
975
00:07:24,449 --> 00:07:24,720:
not
976
00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:24,750:
a
977
00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:25,949:
man.
978
00:07:25,949 --> 00:07:26,189:
He
979
00:07:26,189 --> 00:07:26,370:
was
980
00:07:26,370 --> 00:07:26,610:
not
981
00:07:26,610 --> 00:07:26,850:
like
982
00:07:26,850 --> 00:07:26,939:
the
983
00:07:26,939 --> 00:07:27,120:
one
984
00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:27,360:
with the
985
00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:27,779:
gun
986
00:07:27,779 --> 00:07:28,529:
and stench.
987
00:07:28,529 --> 00:07:28,680:
His
988
00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:28,920:
feet
989
00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,040:
were
990
00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:29,790:
bare, and
991
00:07:29,790 --> 00:07:29,970:
he
992
00:07:29,970 --> 00:07:30,360:
carried
993
00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:30,660:
only
994
00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:32,550:
food.
995
00:07:32,550 --> 00:07:32,699:
I
996
00:07:32,699 --> 00:07:33,060:
could
997
00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:33,209:
have
998
00:07:33,209 --> 00:07:33,509:
killed
999
00:07:33,509 --> 00:07:33,629:
him
1000
00:07:33,629 --> 00:07:33,779:
as
1001
00:07:33,779 --> 00:07:33,839:
he
1002
00:07:33,839 --> 00:07:35,550:
slept,
1003
00:07:35,550 --> 00:07:35,850:
but
1004
00:07:35,850 --> 00:07:36,029:
as
1005
00:07:36,029 --> 00:07:36,120:
I
1006
00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:36,480:
healed
1007
00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:36,569:
I
1008
00:07:36,569 --> 00:07:36,810:
thought
1009
00:07:36,810 --> 00:07:36,899:
it
1010
00:07:36,899 --> 00:07:37,079:
would
1011
00:07:37,079 --> 00:07:37,439:
be
1012
00:07:37,439 --> 00:07:38,430:
better
1013
00:07:38,430 --> 00:07:38,550:
to
1014
00:07:38,550 --> 00:07:38,759:
let
1015
00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:38,879:
him
1016
00:07:38,879 --> 00:07:39,839:
live.
1017
00:07:39,839 --> 00:07:39,990:
He
1018
00:07:39,990 --> 00:07:40,259:
fed
1019
00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:40,439:
me
1020
00:07:40,439 --> 00:07:41,550:
still, and
1021
00:07:41,550 --> 00:07:41,850:
I
1022
00:07:41,850 --> 00:07:42,329:
doubted
1023
00:07:42,329 --> 00:07:42,420:
I
1024
00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:42,629:
was
1025
00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:42,990:
strong
1026
00:07:42,990 --> 00:07:43,259:
enough
1027
00:07:43,259 --> 00:07:43,470:
yet
1028
00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:43,560:
to
1029
00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:43,769:
hunt
1030
00:07:43,769 --> 00:07:43,920:
for
1031
00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,839:
myself.
After
1032
00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:46,199:
nearly
1033
00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:46,529:
two
1034
00:07:46,529 --> 00:07:47,370:
weeks,
1035
00:07:47,370 --> 00:07:47,519:
the
1036
00:07:47,519 --> 00:07:47,790:
moon
1037
00:07:47,790 --> 00:07:48,269:
waxing
1038
00:07:48,269 --> 00:07:48,720:
gibbous,
1039
00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:48,839:
he
1040
00:07:48,839 --> 00:07:49,259:
packed
1041
00:07:49,259 --> 00:07:49,410:
up
1042
00:07:49,410 --> 00:07:49,589:
his
1043
00:07:49,589 --> 00:07:49,889:
meager
1044
00:07:49,889 --> 00:07:51,029:
things
1045
00:07:51,029 --> 00:07:51,240:
and
1046
00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:51,540:
turned
1047
00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:54,870:
west.
“Lord, I will
1048
00:07:54,870 --> 00:07:55,230:
turn
1049
00:07:55,230 --> 00:07:55,529:
these
1050
00:07:55,529 --> 00:07:56,069:
fields
1051
00:07:56,069 --> 00:07:56,189:
to
1052
00:07:56,189 --> 00:07:56,819:
forests
1053
00:07:56,819 --> 00:07:56,910:
in
1054
00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:57,060:
your
1055
00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:59,520:
name.”
There
1056
00:07:59,520 --> 00:07:59,639:
were
1057
00:07:59,639 --> 00:07:59,970:
times
1058
00:07:59,970 --> 00:08:00,060:
I
1059
00:08:00,060 --> 00:08:00,269:
thought
1060
00:08:00,269 --> 00:08:00,449:
this
1061
00:08:00,449 --> 00:08:00,600:
was
1062
00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:00,689:
the
1063
00:08:00,689 --> 00:08:00,839:
name
1064
00:08:00,839 --> 00:08:00,959:
he’d
1065
00:08:00,959 --> 00:08:01,290:
given
1066
00:08:01,290 --> 00:08:02,399:
me,
1067
00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:02,670:
but
1068
00:08:02,670 --> 00:08:02,879:
from
1069
00:08:02,879 --> 00:08:03,089:
his
1070
00:08:03,089 --> 00:08:04,019:
book
1071
00:08:04,019 --> 00:08:04,199:
I
1072
00:08:04,199 --> 00:08:04,500:
learned
1073
00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:04,560:
he
1074
00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:04,980:
spoke
1075
00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:05,189:
to
1076
00:08:05,189 --> 00:08:05,279:
a
1077
00:08:05,279 --> 00:08:06,747:
ghost.
1078
00:08:06,747 --> 00:08:06,870:
He
1079
00:08:06,870 --> 00:08:07,199:
spoke
1080
00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:07,319:
to
1081
00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:07,379:
a
1082
00:08:07,379 --> 00:08:07,769:
father
1083
00:08:07,769 --> 00:08:07,860:
who
1084
00:08:07,860 --> 00:08:08,040:
was
1085
00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:08,250:
not
1086
00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:08,970:
there.
1087
00:08:08,970 --> 00:08:09,060:
A
1088
00:08:09,060 --> 00:08:09,480:
father
1089
00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:09,629:
who
1090
00:08:09,629 --> 00:08:10,500:
was
1091
00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:10,889:
dead
1092
00:08:10,889 --> 00:08:11,310:
and
1093
00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:11,730:
not
1094
00:08:11,730 --> 00:08:12,629:
dead,
1095
00:08:12,629 --> 00:08:13,019:
as
1096
00:08:13,019 --> 00:08:13,680:
he
1097
00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:14,250:
hoped
1098
00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:14,430:
to
1099
00:08:14,430 --> 00:08:14,670:
one
1100
00:08:14,670 --> 00:08:14,879:
day
1101
00:08:14,879 --> 00:08:15,149:
die
1102
00:08:15,149 --> 00:08:15,300:
and
1103
00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:15,509:
not
1104
00:08:15,509 --> 00:08:15,720:
die.
1105
00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:15,839:
I
1106
00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:16,079:
didn’t
1107
00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:17,519:
understand,
1108
00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:17,699:
but
1109
00:08:17,699 --> 00:08:17,790:
it
1110
00:08:17,790 --> 00:08:17,970:
made
1111
00:08:17,970 --> 00:08:18,089:
me
1112
00:08:18,089 --> 00:08:18,329:
wonder
1113
00:08:18,329 --> 00:08:18,540:
about
1114
00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:18,720:
my
1115
00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:19,529:
mother
1116
00:08:19,529 --> 00:08:19,709:
and
1117
00:08:19,709 --> 00:08:20,519:
grandmother.
1118
00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:20,879:
It made me
1119
00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:21,269:
wonder
1120
00:08:21,269 --> 00:08:21,569:
about
1121
00:08:21,569 --> 00:08:21,660:
the
1122
00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:22,170:
paths
1123
00:08:22,170 --> 00:08:22,290:
of
1124
00:08:22,290 --> 00:08:24,329:
wolves.
“Farewell,
1125
00:08:24,329 --> 00:08:25,259:
friend.
1126
00:08:25,259 --> 00:08:25,379:
I
1127
00:08:25,379 --> 00:08:25,500:
do
1128
00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:25,740:
not
1129
00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:26,100:
ask
1130
00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:26,189:
you
1131
00:08:26,189 --> 00:08:26,279:
to
1132
00:08:26,279 --> 00:08:26,579:
follow
1133
00:08:26,579 --> 00:08:26,730:
me
1134
00:08:26,730 --> 00:08:26,819:
on
1135
00:08:26,819 --> 00:08:27,000:
my
1136
00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,589:
path.”
1137
00:08:28,589 --> 00:08:28,740:
He
1138
00:08:28,740 --> 00:08:29,129:
nodded
1139
00:08:29,129 --> 00:08:29,250:
to
1140
00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:29,430:
me
1141
00:08:29,430 --> 00:08:29,519:
and
1142
00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:29,730:
turned
1143
00:08:29,730 --> 00:08:29,879:
his
1144
00:08:29,879 --> 00:08:30,240:
back,
1145
00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:30,449:
as
1146
00:08:30,449 --> 00:08:30,540:
he
1147
00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:30,810:
had
1148
00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:30,959:
so
1149
00:08:30,959 --> 00:08:31,170:
many
1150
00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:32,940:
times.
1151
00:08:32,940 --> 00:08:33,031:
He
1152
00:08:33,031 --> 00:08:33,210:
knew
1153
00:08:33,210 --> 00:08:33,299:
I
1154
00:08:33,299 --> 00:08:33,509:
could
1155
00:08:33,509 --> 00:08:33,899:
attack
1156
00:08:33,899 --> 00:08:35,370:
him.
1157
00:08:35,370 --> 00:08:35,610:
He
1158
00:08:35,610 --> 00:08:35,940:
knew
1159
00:08:35,940 --> 00:08:36,059:
I
1160
00:08:36,059 --> 00:08:36,240:
was
1161
00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:36,629:
strong
1162
00:08:36,629 --> 00:08:36,929:
enough
1163
00:08:36,929 --> 00:08:37,169:
now
1164
00:08:37,169 --> 00:08:37,320:
to
1165
00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:37,590:
end
1166
00:08:37,590 --> 00:08:37,799:
his
1167
00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:39,539:
life.
But
1168
00:08:39,539 --> 00:08:41,429:
I didn’t.
1169
00:08:41,429 --> 00:08:41,549:
I
1170
00:08:41,549 --> 00:08:41,970:
watched
1171
00:08:41,970 --> 00:08:42,090:
him
1172
00:08:42,090 --> 00:08:42,299:
walk
1173
00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:43,950:
away,
1174
00:08:43,950 --> 00:08:44,279:
leaving
1175
00:08:44,279 --> 00:08:44,460:
only
1176
00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:47,129:
footprints.
When
1177
00:08:47,129 --> 00:08:47,250:
he
1178
00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:47,429:
was
1179
00:08:47,429 --> 00:08:47,610:
no
1180
00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:47,879:
more
1181
00:08:47,879 --> 00:08:48,029:
than
1182
00:08:48,029 --> 00:08:48,090:
a
1183
00:08:48,090 --> 00:08:48,450:
wisp
1184
00:08:48,450 --> 00:08:48,570:
in
1185
00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:48,659:
the
1186
00:08:48,659 --> 00:08:49,080:
distance,
1187
00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:49,139:
I
1188
00:08:49,139 --> 00:08:49,409:
set
1189
00:08:49,409 --> 00:08:49,590:
off
1190
00:08:49,590 --> 00:08:49,919:
after
1191
00:08:49,919 --> 00:08:50,730:
him.
#
I
1192
00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:51,120:
tracked
1193
00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:51,240:
him
1194
00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:51,419:
over
1195
00:08:51,419 --> 00:08:51,539:
the
1196
00:08:51,539 --> 00:08:52,139:
plains and
1197
00:08:52,139 --> 00:08:52,409:
into
1198
00:08:52,409 --> 00:08:52,529:
the
1199
00:08:52,529 --> 00:08:53,039:
hills,
1200
00:08:53,039 --> 00:08:53,279:
until
1201
00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:53,370:
I
1202
00:08:53,370 --> 00:08:53,879:
smelled
1203
00:08:53,879 --> 00:08:54,120:
more
1204
00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:54,240:
of
1205
00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:54,480:
his
1206
00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:54,842:
kind.
1207
00:08:54,842 --> 00:08:54,926:
I
1208
00:08:54,926 --> 00:08:55,169:
hung
1209
00:08:55,169 --> 00:08:55,470:
back
1210
00:08:55,470 --> 00:08:56,159:
then,
1211
00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:56,340:
my
1212
00:08:56,340 --> 00:08:56,614:
leg
1213
00:08:56,614 --> 00:08:57,240:
aching.
1214
00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:57,389:
I
1215
00:08:57,389 --> 00:08:57,840:
stayed
1216
00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:57,960:
on
1217
00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:58,139:
the
1218
00:08:58,139 --> 00:08:59,100:
outskirts,
1219
00:08:59,100 --> 00:08:59,610:
spending
1220
00:08:59,610 --> 00:09:00,059:
fitful
1221
00:09:00,059 --> 00:09:00,570:
hungry
1222
00:09:00,570 --> 00:09:00,899:
nights
1223
00:09:00,899 --> 00:09:01,200:
waiting
1224
00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:01,350:
for
1225
00:09:01,350 --> 00:09:01,740:
him
1226
00:09:01,740 --> 00:09:01,950:
to
1227
00:09:01,950 --> 00:09:03,570:
emerge.
1228
00:09:03,570 --> 00:09:03,750:
In
1229
00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:04,230:
daylight
1230
00:09:04,230 --> 00:09:04,289:
I
1231
00:09:04,289 --> 00:09:04,470:
saw
1232
00:09:04,470 --> 00:09:04,620:
him
1233
00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:05,009:
planting
1234
00:09:05,009 --> 00:09:05,370:
seeds
1235
00:09:05,370 --> 00:09:05,519:
in
1236
00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:06,029:
unnatural
1237
00:09:06,029 --> 00:09:07,019:
rows.
1238
00:09:07,019 --> 00:09:07,350:
After
1239
00:09:07,350 --> 00:09:07,409:
a
1240
00:09:07,409 --> 00:09:08,100:
week,
1241
00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:08,250:
he
1242
00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:08,549:
left
1243
00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:08,639:
the
1244
00:09:08,639 --> 00:09:09,029:
company
1245
00:09:09,029 --> 00:09:09,120:
of
1246
00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:09,360:
men
1247
00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:09,480:
and
1248
00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:09,929:
continued
1249
00:09:09,929 --> 00:09:11,340:
west.
How
1250
00:09:11,340 --> 00:09:11,519:
can
1251
00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:11,970:
I
1252
00:09:11,970 --> 00:09:13,620:
explain
1253
00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:13,769:
the
1254
00:09:13,769 --> 00:09:14,190:
bond
1255
00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:14,309:
I
1256
00:09:14,309 --> 00:09:15,960:
felt?
1257
00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,559:
Debt,
1258
00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,210:
perhaps.
1259
00:09:18,210 --> 00:09:18,360:
Or
1260
00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,830:
loss.
1261
00:09:19,830 --> 00:09:19,980:
I
1262
00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:20,220:
had
1263
00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:20,399:
no
1264
00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:21,000:
pack—not
1265
00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:21,240:
like
1266
00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:21,480:
this.
1267
00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:21,570:
You
1268
00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:21,720:
must
1269
00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:22,470:
understand
1270
00:09:22,470 --> 00:09:22,649:
that
1271
00:09:22,649 --> 00:09:22,830:
I
1272
00:09:22,830 --> 00:09:23,250:
was
1273
00:09:23,250 --> 00:09:24,330:
alone,
1274
00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:24,539:
my
1275
00:09:24,539 --> 00:09:25,259:
world
1276
00:09:25,259 --> 00:09:25,889:
shrinking
1277
00:09:25,889 --> 00:09:26,220:
around
1278
00:09:26,220 --> 00:09:27,809:
me.
1279
00:09:27,809 --> 00:09:27,870:
I
1280
00:09:27,870 --> 00:09:28,200:
don’t
1281
00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:28,769:
think
1282
00:09:28,769 --> 00:09:28,919:
what
1283
00:09:28,919 --> 00:09:29,009:
I
1284
00:09:29,009 --> 00:09:29,220:
did
1285
00:09:29,220 --> 00:09:29,399:
was
1286
00:09:29,399 --> 00:09:31,799:
wrong.
I
1287
00:09:31,799 --> 00:09:32,220:
followed
1288
00:09:32,220 --> 00:09:32,370:
him
1289
00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:32,490:
for
1290
00:09:32,490 --> 00:09:34,860:
miles.
When
1291
00:09:34,860 --> 00:09:34,919:
he
1292
00:09:34,919 --> 00:09:35,342:
stopped
1293
00:09:35,342 --> 00:09:35,447:
at
1294
00:09:35,447 --> 00:09:35,519:
a
1295
00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:35,940:
stream,
1296
00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:36,029:
I
1297
00:09:36,029 --> 00:09:37,710:
approached.
1298
00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:37,889:
My
1299
00:09:37,889 --> 00:09:38,190:
tongue
1300
00:09:38,190 --> 00:09:38,370:
was
1301
00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:38,700:
dry
1302
00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:38,850:
and
1303
00:09:38,850 --> 00:09:38,970:
he
1304
00:09:38,970 --> 00:09:39,389:
squatted
1305
00:09:39,389 --> 00:09:39,509:
by
1306
00:09:39,509 --> 00:09:39,600:
the
1307
00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,169:
shallows,
1308
00:09:40,169 --> 00:09:40,649:
washing
1309
00:09:40,649 --> 00:09:40,889:
his
1310
00:09:40,889 --> 00:09:42,659:
tin pot.
1311
00:09:42,659 --> 00:09:42,840:
He
1312
00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:43,139:
looked
1313
00:09:43,139 --> 00:09:43,350:
up
1314
00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:43,440:
as
1315
00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:43,590:
I
1316
00:09:43,590 --> 00:09:43,740:
drew
1317
00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:45,299:
near.
1318
00:09:45,299 --> 00:09:45,600:
In
1319
00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:45,809:
his
1320
00:09:45,809 --> 00:09:46,080:
dark
1321
00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:46,320:
eyes
1322
00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:46,409:
I
1323
00:09:46,409 --> 00:09:47,250:
saw
1324
00:09:47,250 --> 00:09:47,460:
no
1325
00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:49,049:
fear,
1326
00:09:49,049 --> 00:09:49,350:
only
1327
00:09:49,350 --> 00:09:49,799:
quiet
1328
00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:52,226:
recognition.
“You
1329
00:09:52,226 --> 00:09:52,649:
followed
1330
00:09:52,649 --> 00:09:52,980:
after
1331
00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:53,220:
all,
1332
00:09:53,220 --> 00:09:55,049:
friend.
1333
00:09:55,049 --> 00:09:55,230:
I’m
1334
00:09:55,230 --> 00:09:55,620:
afraid
1335
00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:55,740:
I’ve
1336
00:09:55,740 --> 00:09:56,039:
nothing
1337
00:09:56,039 --> 00:09:56,129:
to
1338
00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:56,399:
give
1339
00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:57,090:
you.
1340
00:09:57,090 --> 00:09:57,240:
I
1341
00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:57,600:
swore
1342
00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:57,659:
to
1343
00:09:57,659 --> 00:09:57,899:
Him
1344
00:09:57,899 --> 00:09:57,990:
I
1345
00:09:57,990 --> 00:09:58,230:
would
1346
00:09:58,230 --> 00:09:58,470:
not
1347
00:09:58,470 --> 00:10:01,529:
kill.”
He
1348
00:10:01,529 --> 00:10:01,889:
opened
1349
00:10:01,889 --> 00:10:02,039:
his
1350
00:10:02,039 --> 00:10:02,399:
bag
1351
00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:02,490:
and
1352
00:10:02,490 --> 00:10:02,549:
I
1353
00:10:02,549 --> 00:10:02,970:
flinched
1354
00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:03,299:
back.
1355
00:10:03,299 --> 00:10:03,690:
But
1356
00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:03,870:
I
1357
00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:04,139:
should
1358
00:10:04,139 --> 00:10:04,259:
have
1359
00:10:04,259 --> 00:10:05,490:
remembered.
1360
00:10:05,490 --> 00:10:06,029:
Inside
1361
00:10:06,029 --> 00:10:07,049:
were seeds
1362
00:10:07,049 --> 00:10:08,159:
only,
1363
00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:08,519:
and
1364
00:10:08,519 --> 00:10:08,850:
some
1365
00:10:08,850 --> 00:10:09,360:
roots
1366
00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:09,480:
I
1367
00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:09,899:
knew
1368
00:10:09,899 --> 00:10:10,470:
men
1369
00:10:10,470 --> 00:10:13,384:
ate.
He
1370
00:10:13,384 --> 00:10:13,684:
saw
1371
00:10:13,684 --> 00:10:13,865:
my
1372
00:10:13,865 --> 00:10:14,524:
nervousness
1373
00:10:14,524 --> 00:10:14,615:
and
1374
00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:14,945:
showed
1375
00:10:14,945 --> 00:10:15,065:
me
1376
00:10:15,065 --> 00:10:15,154:
the
1377
00:10:15,154 --> 00:10:15,635:
contents
1378
00:10:15,635 --> 00:10:15,784:
more
1379
00:10:15,784 --> 00:10:18,095:
fully. “See?
1380
00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:18,485:
Nothing
1381
00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:18,634:
for
1382
00:10:18,634 --> 00:10:18,695:
a
1383
00:10:18,695 --> 00:10:19,115:
wild
1384
00:10:19,115 --> 00:10:19,445:
creature
1385
00:10:19,445 --> 00:10:19,654:
like
1386
00:10:19,654 --> 00:10:22,264:
yourself.”
He
1387
00:10:22,264 --> 00:10:22,684:
ignored
1388
00:10:22,684 --> 00:10:22,804:
me
1389
00:10:22,804 --> 00:10:24,605:
then.
1390
00:10:24,605 --> 00:10:24,815:
I
1391
00:10:24,815 --> 00:10:25,115:
crept
1392
00:10:25,115 --> 00:10:25,205:
to
1393
00:10:25,205 --> 00:10:25,294:
the
1394
00:10:25,294 --> 00:10:25,745:
stream
1395
00:10:25,745 --> 00:10:25,865:
and
1396
00:10:25,865 --> 00:10:26,164:
drank
1397
00:10:26,164 --> 00:10:26,345:
for
1398
00:10:26,345 --> 00:10:26,404:
a
1399
00:10:26,404 --> 00:10:26,705:
long
1400
00:10:26,705 --> 00:10:27,034:
while,
1401
00:10:27,034 --> 00:10:27,424:
watching
1402
00:10:27,424 --> 00:10:27,634:
him
1403
00:10:27,634 --> 00:10:27,934:
eat
1404
00:10:27,934 --> 00:10:28,294:
his
1405
00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,034:
roots.
1406
00:10:30,034 --> 00:10:30,304:
If
1407
00:10:30,304 --> 00:10:30,514:
I’d
1408
00:10:30,514 --> 00:10:30,815:
had
1409
00:10:30,815 --> 00:10:30,995:
the
1410
00:10:30,995 --> 00:10:31,534:
ability,
1411
00:10:31,534 --> 00:10:31,595:
I
1412
00:10:31,595 --> 00:10:31,774:
would
1413
00:10:31,774 --> 00:10:31,865:
have
1414
00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:32,225:
asked
1415
00:10:32,225 --> 00:10:32,284:
him
1416
00:10:32,284 --> 00:10:32,524:
about
1417
00:10:32,524 --> 00:10:32,674:
his
1418
00:10:32,674 --> 00:10:33,575:
journey—the
1419
00:10:33,575 --> 00:10:33,934:
point
1420
00:10:33,934 --> 00:10:34,024:
of
1421
00:10:34,024 --> 00:10:35,075:
it.
1422
00:10:35,075 --> 00:10:35,195:
I
1423
00:10:35,195 --> 00:10:35,554:
wanted to
1424
00:10:35,554 --> 00:10:35,705:
know
1425
00:10:35,705 --> 00:10:35,825:
what it was
1426
00:10:35,825 --> 00:10:35,914:
he
1427
00:10:35,914 --> 00:10:36,034:
was
1428
00:10:36,034 --> 00:10:36,335:
looking
1429
00:10:36,335 --> 00:10:37,924:
for.
1430
00:10:37,924 --> 00:10:38,134:
Was
1431
00:10:38,134 --> 00:10:38,254:
he
1432
00:10:38,254 --> 00:10:38,404:
as
1433
00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:38,735:
lost
1434
00:10:38,735 --> 00:10:38,855:
as
1435
00:10:38,855 --> 00:10:41,644:
I?
After
1436
00:10:41,644 --> 00:10:41,945:
several
1437
00:10:41,945 --> 00:10:42,304:
minutes
1438
00:10:42,304 --> 00:10:42,365:
he
1439
00:10:42,365 --> 00:10:42,514:
got
1440
00:10:42,514 --> 00:10:42,634:
to
1441
00:10:42,634 --> 00:10:42,754:
his
1442
00:10:42,754 --> 00:10:43,684:
feet,
1443
00:10:43,684 --> 00:10:44,315:
shaking
1444
00:10:44,315 --> 00:10:44,495:
out
1445
00:10:44,495 --> 00:10:44,644:
his
1446
00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:45,034:
pot
1447
00:10:45,034 --> 00:10:45,274:
and
1448
00:10:45,274 --> 00:10:45,634:
putting
1449
00:10:45,634 --> 00:10:45,725:
it
1450
00:10:45,725 --> 00:10:45,875:
on
1451
00:10:45,875 --> 00:10:46,024:
his
1452
00:10:46,024 --> 00:10:47,615:
head. It
1453
00:10:47,615 --> 00:10:48,274:
reflected
1454
00:10:48,274 --> 00:10:48,394:
the
1455
00:10:48,394 --> 00:10:48,904:
afternoon
1456
00:10:48,904 --> 00:10:50,914:
sun. “May
1457
00:10:50,914 --> 00:10:51,184:
He
1458
00:10:51,184 --> 00:10:51,485:
keep
1459
00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:51,605:
you
1460
00:10:51,605 --> 00:10:51,995:
safe,
1461
00:10:51,995 --> 00:10:54,575:
friend.”
He
1462
00:10:54,575 --> 00:10:54,934:
walked
1463
00:10:54,934 --> 00:10:55,264:
along
1464
00:10:55,264 --> 00:10:55,325:
the
1465
00:10:55,325 --> 00:10:55,745:
stream
1466
00:10:55,745 --> 00:10:55,831:
and
1467
00:10:55,831 --> 00:10:55,955:
out
1468
00:10:55,955 --> 00:10:56,014:
of
1469
00:10:56,014 --> 00:10:56,134:
my
1470
00:10:56,134 --> 00:10:57,544:
sight.
1471
00:10:57,544 --> 00:10:58,955:
Still,
1472
00:10:58,955 --> 00:10:59,126:
his
1473
00:10:59,126 --> 00:10:59,465:
scent
1474
00:10:59,465 --> 00:10:59,582:
was
1475
00:10:59,582 --> 00:11:01,504:
strong. I
1476
00:11:01,504 --> 00:11:01,985:
followed
1477
00:11:01,985 --> 00:11:02,134:
it
1478
00:11:02,134 --> 00:11:02,345:
into
1479
00:11:02,345 --> 00:11:02,465:
the
1480
00:11:02,465 --> 00:11:05,195:
evening.
When
1481
00:11:05,195 --> 00:11:05,284:
the
1482
00:11:05,284 --> 00:11:05,524:
sun
1483
00:11:05,524 --> 00:11:05,945:
rose, it
1484
00:11:05,945 --> 00:11:06,215:
rose
1485
00:11:06,215 --> 00:11:06,634:
behind
1486
00:11:06,634 --> 00:11:07,625:
him.
1487
00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:08,164:
Westward
1488
00:11:08,164 --> 00:11:08,254:
he
1489
00:11:08,254 --> 00:11:09,904:
continued.
1490
00:11:09,904 --> 00:11:10,355:
Westward
1491
00:11:10,355 --> 00:11:10,445:
I
1492
00:11:10,445 --> 00:11:13,565:
followed.
#
I
1493
00:11:13,565 --> 00:11:14,075:
followed him
1494
00:11:14,075 --> 00:11:14,284:
from
1495
00:11:14,284 --> 00:11:14,825:
settlement
1496
00:11:14,825 --> 00:11:14,914:
to
1497
00:11:14,914 --> 00:11:15,754:
settlement.
1498
00:11:15,754 --> 00:11:15,875:
He
1499
00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:16,235:
passed
1500
00:11:16,235 --> 00:11:16,355:
through
1501
00:11:16,355 --> 00:11:16,534:
his
1502
00:11:16,534 --> 00:11:16,804:
people
1503
00:11:16,804 --> 00:11:17,014:
like
1504
00:11:17,014 --> 00:11:17,105:
a
1505
00:11:17,105 --> 00:11:17,434:
creature
1506
00:11:17,434 --> 00:11:17,524:
of
1507
00:11:17,524 --> 00:11:17,585:
a
1508
00:11:17,585 --> 00:11:17,884:
different
1509
00:11:17,884 --> 00:11:18,485:
kind.
1510
00:11:18,485 --> 00:11:18,904:
Some
1511
00:11:18,904 --> 00:11:19,264:
treated
1512
00:11:19,264 --> 00:11:19,355:
him
1513
00:11:19,355 --> 00:11:19,475:
with
1514
00:11:19,475 --> 00:11:20,075:
admiration,
1515
00:11:20,075 --> 00:11:20,404:
others
1516
00:11:20,404 --> 00:11:21,485:
disdain.
1517
00:11:21,485 --> 00:11:21,845:
Once
1518
00:11:21,845 --> 00:11:21,934:
he
1519
00:11:21,934 --> 00:11:22,085:
was
1520
00:11:22,085 --> 00:11:22,715:
chased
1521
00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:22,865:
by
1522
00:11:22,865 --> 00:11:23,254:
younger
1523
00:11:23,254 --> 00:11:24,215:
men.
1524
00:11:24,215 --> 00:11:24,335:
I
1525
00:11:24,335 --> 00:11:24,575:
ran
1526
00:11:24,575 --> 00:11:24,725:
into
1527
00:11:24,725 --> 00:11:24,845:
the
1528
00:11:24,845 --> 00:11:25,174:
open and
1529
00:11:25,174 --> 00:11:25,534:
frightened
1530
00:11:25,534 --> 00:11:25,654:
them
1531
00:11:25,654 --> 00:11:26,794:
away.
This
1532
00:11:26,794 --> 00:11:27,184:
choice
1533
00:11:27,184 --> 00:11:27,544:
still
1534
00:11:27,544 --> 00:11:28,174:
confuses
1535
00:11:28,174 --> 00:11:29,014:
me.
1536
00:11:29,014 --> 00:11:29,134:
I
1537
00:11:29,134 --> 00:11:29,465:
doubt
1538
00:11:29,465 --> 00:11:29,735:
any
1539
00:11:29,735 --> 00:11:29,825:
of
1540
00:11:29,825 --> 00:11:30,034:
you
1541
00:11:30,034 --> 00:11:30,154:
have
1542
00:11:30,154 --> 00:11:30,335:
done
1543
00:11:30,335 --> 00:11:30,424:
the
1544
00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:31,264:
same—protected
1545
00:11:31,264 --> 00:11:31,414:
one
1546
00:11:31,414 --> 00:11:31,654:
man
1547
00:11:31,654 --> 00:11:31,804:
from
1548
00:11:31,804 --> 00:11:33,274:
another.
1549
00:11:33,274 --> 00:11:33,455:
But
1550
00:11:33,455 --> 00:11:33,575:
he
1551
00:11:33,575 --> 00:11:33,725:
was
1552
00:11:33,725 --> 00:11:35,315:
different.
1553
00:11:35,315 --> 00:11:35,524:
He
1554
00:11:35,524 --> 00:11:36,034:
carried
1555
00:11:36,034 --> 00:11:36,245:
no
1556
00:11:36,245 --> 00:11:38,495:
guns.
For
1557
00:11:38,495 --> 00:11:38,554:
a
1558
00:11:38,554 --> 00:11:39,004:
time,
1559
00:11:39,004 --> 00:11:39,125:
I
1560
00:11:39,125 --> 00:11:39,634:
considered
1561
00:11:39,634 --> 00:11:40,205:
him
1562
00:11:40,205 --> 00:11:40,804:
something
1563
00:11:40,804 --> 00:11:41,044:
like
1564
00:11:41,044 --> 00:11:42,784:
family.
1565
00:11:42,784 --> 00:11:42,965:
From
1566
00:11:42,965 --> 00:11:43,054:
the
1567
00:11:43,054 --> 00:11:43,205:
day
1568
00:11:43,205 --> 00:11:43,325:
I
1569
00:11:43,325 --> 00:11:43,684:
saved
1570
00:11:43,684 --> 00:11:43,793:
him,
1571
00:11:43,793 --> 00:11:43,819:
I
1572
00:11:43,819 --> 00:11:44,225:
ceased to
1573
00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:44,404:
keep
1574
00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:44,615:
my
1575
00:11:44,615 --> 00:11:45,034:
distance.
1576
00:11:45,034 --> 00:11:45,095:
I
1577
00:11:45,095 --> 00:11:45,335:
came
1578
00:11:45,335 --> 00:11:45,605:
close
1579
00:11:45,605 --> 00:11:45,696:
to
1580
00:11:45,696 --> 00:11:45,784:
him
1581
00:11:45,784 --> 00:11:45,904:
at
1582
00:11:45,904 --> 00:11:46,745:
night,
1583
00:11:46,745 --> 00:11:47,168:
hunted
1584
00:11:47,168 --> 00:11:47,585:
nearby
1585
00:11:47,585 --> 00:11:47,735:
his
1586
00:11:47,735 --> 00:11:48,154:
planting
1587
00:11:48,154 --> 00:11:48,245:
in
1588
00:11:48,245 --> 00:11:48,335:
the
1589
00:11:48,335 --> 00:11:49,115:
day.
1590
00:11:49,115 --> 00:11:49,205:
I
1591
00:11:49,205 --> 00:11:49,475:
didn’t
1592
00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:49,715:
lose
1593
00:11:49,715 --> 00:11:50,105:
track of
1594
00:11:50,105 --> 00:11:50,884:
time—that’s not
1595
00:11:50,884 --> 00:11:51,004:
it. It’s
1596
00:11:51,004 --> 00:11:51,154:
more
1597
00:11:51,154 --> 00:11:52,414:
like…like
1598
00:11:52,414 --> 00:11:54,154:
rhythm.
1599
00:11:54,154 --> 00:11:54,845:
Seasons
1600
00:11:54,845 --> 00:11:55,144:
came
1601
00:11:55,144 --> 00:11:55,715:
faster
1602
00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:55,804:
in
1603
00:11:55,804 --> 00:11:55,985:
his
1604
00:11:55,985 --> 00:11:57,424:
company,
1605
00:11:57,424 --> 00:11:57,514:
and
1606
00:11:57,514 --> 00:11:57,634:
I
1607
00:11:57,634 --> 00:11:57,875:
didn’t
1608
00:11:57,875 --> 00:11:58,054:
think
1609
00:11:58,054 --> 00:11:58,174:
to
1610
00:11:58,174 --> 00:11:58,445:
count
1611
00:11:58,445 --> 00:12:00,605:
them.
He
1612
00:12:00,605 --> 00:12:01,115:
continued
1613
00:12:01,115 --> 00:12:01,264:
his
1614
00:12:01,264 --> 00:12:01,625:
journey
1615
00:12:01,625 --> 00:12:01,774:
as
1616
00:12:01,774 --> 00:12:01,894:
if
1617
00:12:01,894 --> 00:12:02,044:
my
1618
00:12:02,044 --> 00:12:02,404:
presence
1619
00:12:02,404 --> 00:12:02,524:
was
1620
00:12:02,524 --> 00:12:02,735:
not
1621
00:12:02,735 --> 00:12:04,024:
unusual.
1622
00:12:04,024 --> 00:12:04,115:
He
1623
00:12:04,115 --> 00:12:04,325:
called
1624
00:12:04,325 --> 00:12:04,445:
me
1625
00:12:04,445 --> 00:12:05,164:
friend,
1626
00:12:05,164 --> 00:12:05,254:
and
1627
00:12:05,254 --> 00:12:05,554:
nothing
1628
00:12:05,554 --> 00:12:07,024:
else.
1629
00:12:07,024 --> 00:12:07,083:
He
1630
00:12:07,083 --> 00:12:07,294:
never
1631
00:12:07,294 --> 00:12:07,504:
did
1632
00:12:07,504 --> 00:12:07,684:
give
1633
00:12:07,684 --> 00:12:07,804:
me
1634
00:12:07,804 --> 00:12:07,865:
a
1635
00:12:07,865 --> 00:12:10,355:
name.
As
1636
00:12:10,355 --> 00:12:10,445:
the
1637
00:12:10,445 --> 00:12:10,715:
years
1638
00:12:10,715 --> 00:12:11,105:
passed,
1639
00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:11,315:
my
1640
00:12:11,315 --> 00:12:11,615:
world
1641
00:12:11,615 --> 00:12:12,695:
changed.
1642
00:12:12,695 --> 00:12:12,845:
The
1643
00:12:12,845 --> 00:12:13,205:
plains
1644
00:12:13,205 --> 00:12:13,294:
were
1645
00:12:13,294 --> 00:12:13,445:
not
1646
00:12:13,445 --> 00:12:13,565:
what
1647
00:12:13,565 --> 00:12:13,804:
they
1648
00:12:13,804 --> 00:12:15,335:
had been.
1649
00:12:15,335 --> 00:12:15,815:
Dust
1650
00:12:15,815 --> 00:12:16,414:
replaced
1651
00:12:16,414 --> 00:12:18,664:
grass.
1652
00:12:18,664 --> 00:12:18,754:
The
1653
00:12:18,754 --> 00:12:19,235:
landscape
1654
00:12:19,235 --> 00:12:19,294:
of
1655
00:12:19,294 --> 00:12:19,445:
my
1656
00:12:19,445 --> 00:12:19,774:
birth
1657
00:12:19,774 --> 00:12:19,872:
had
1658
00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:20,044:
never
1659
00:12:20,044 --> 00:12:20,284:
been
1660
00:12:20,284 --> 00:12:20,794:
empty, but
1661
00:12:20,794 --> 00:12:20,884:
the
1662
00:12:20,884 --> 00:12:21,215:
men
1663
00:12:21,215 --> 00:12:21,455:
I’d
1664
00:12:21,455 --> 00:12:21,754:
known
1665
00:12:21,754 --> 00:12:21,906:
from
1666
00:12:21,906 --> 00:12:22,325:
afar
1667
00:12:22,325 --> 00:12:22,504:
were
1668
00:12:22,504 --> 00:12:23,375:
gone,
1669
00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:24,184:
taken
1670
00:12:24,184 --> 00:12:24,365:
and
1671
00:12:24,365 --> 00:12:24,995:
chased
1672
00:12:24,995 --> 00:12:25,115:
and
1673
00:12:25,115 --> 00:12:25,475:
killed
1674
00:12:25,475 --> 00:12:25,565:
to
1675
00:12:25,565 --> 00:12:25,745:
make
1676
00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:26,284:
room
1677
00:12:26,284 --> 00:12:26,554:
for
1678
00:12:26,554 --> 00:12:27,065:
louder
1679
00:12:27,065 --> 00:12:28,595:
men.
1680
00:12:28,595 --> 00:12:28,774:
It
1681
00:12:28,774 --> 00:12:28,955:
grew
1682
00:12:28,955 --> 00:12:29,284:
loud
1683
00:12:29,284 --> 00:12:31,534:
everywhere.
He
1684
00:12:31,534 --> 00:12:31,835:
grew
1685
00:12:31,835 --> 00:12:32,855:
old.
1686
00:12:32,855 --> 00:12:33,095:
I
1687
00:12:33,095 --> 00:12:33,274:
did
1688
00:12:33,274 --> 00:12:35,884:
not.
#
Here
1689
00:12:35,884 --> 00:12:35,975:
I
1690
00:12:35,975 --> 00:12:36,304:
feel
1691
00:12:36,304 --> 00:12:36,575:
your
1692
00:12:36,575 --> 00:12:36,995:
interest
1693
00:12:36,995 --> 00:12:38,315:
waning.
1694
00:12:38,315 --> 00:12:38,495:
Yet
1695
00:12:38,495 --> 00:12:38,615:
we
1696
00:12:38,615 --> 00:12:38,764:
all
1697
00:12:38,764 --> 00:12:38,975:
have
1698
00:12:38,975 --> 00:12:39,485:
stories,
1699
00:12:39,485 --> 00:12:39,695:
don’t
1700
00:12:39,695 --> 00:12:39,845:
we?
1701
00:12:39,845 --> 00:12:40,325:
I listened to
1702
00:12:40,325 --> 00:12:41,105:
yours.
1703
00:12:41,105 --> 00:12:41,465:
Mine
1704
00:12:41,465 --> 00:12:41,554:
may
1705
00:12:41,554 --> 00:12:41,705:
be
1706
00:12:41,705 --> 00:12:42,184:
foreign,
1707
00:12:42,184 --> 00:12:42,485:
maybe
1708
00:12:42,485 --> 00:12:43,355:
incomprehensible,
1709
00:12:43,355 --> 00:12:43,696:
but let me to
1710
00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:44,105:
remind
1711
00:12:44,105 --> 00:12:44,225:
you
1712
00:12:44,225 --> 00:12:44,284:
of
1713
00:12:44,284 --> 00:12:44,375:
the
1714
00:12:44,375 --> 00:12:44,674:
story
1715
00:12:44,674 --> 00:12:44,794:
we
1716
00:12:44,794 --> 00:12:45,004:
all
1717
00:12:45,004 --> 00:12:46,024:
know:
Once
1718
00:12:46,024 --> 00:12:46,144:
there
1719
00:12:46,144 --> 00:12:46,294:
was
1720
00:12:46,294 --> 00:12:46,355:
a
1721
00:12:46,355 --> 00:12:46,985:
child
1722
00:12:46,985 --> 00:12:47,345:
walking
1723
00:12:47,345 --> 00:12:48,335:
alone.
1724
00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:48,455:
The
1725
00:12:48,455 --> 00:12:48,875:
child
1726
00:12:48,875 --> 00:12:49,235:
sees
1727
00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:49,445:
no
1728
00:12:49,445 --> 00:12:50,134:
woods,
1729
00:12:50,134 --> 00:12:50,345:
so
1730
00:12:50,345 --> 00:12:50,585:
he
1731
00:12:50,585 --> 00:12:51,184:
creates
1732
00:12:51,184 --> 00:12:51,485:
them
1733
00:12:51,485 --> 00:12:51,904:
seed
1734
00:12:51,904 --> 00:12:52,115:
by
1735
00:12:52,115 --> 00:12:53,434:
seed.
1736
00:12:53,434 --> 00:12:53,554:
He
1737
00:12:53,554 --> 00:12:53,884:
meets
1738
00:12:53,884 --> 00:12:53,945:
a
1739
00:12:53,945 --> 00:12:54,304:
wolf
1740
00:12:54,304 --> 00:12:54,394:
and,
1741
00:12:54,394 --> 00:12:54,664:
because
1742
00:12:54,664 --> 00:12:54,754:
he
1743
00:12:54,754 --> 00:12:54,995:
loves
1744
00:12:54,995 --> 00:12:55,235:
all
1745
00:12:55,235 --> 00:12:55,534:
life,
1746
00:12:55,534 --> 00:12:55,625:
he
1747
00:12:55,625 --> 00:12:56,134:
protects
1748
00:12:56,134 --> 00:12:57,304:
her.
Because
1749
00:12:57,304 --> 00:12:57,514:
she
1750
00:12:57,514 --> 00:12:57,695:
is
1751
00:12:57,695 --> 00:12:58,235:
lost,
1752
00:12:58,235 --> 00:12:58,355:
she
1753
00:12:58,355 --> 00:12:58,894:
follows
1754
00:12:58,894 --> 00:12:59,914:
him.
But
1755
00:12:59,914 --> 00:13:00,004:
the
1756
00:13:00,004 --> 00:13:00,304:
wolf
1757
00:13:00,304 --> 00:13:00,394:
was
1758
00:13:00,394 --> 00:13:00,575:
not
1759
00:13:00,575 --> 00:13:00,845:
born
1760
00:13:00,845 --> 00:13:00,965:
in
1761
00:13:00,965 --> 00:13:01,054:
the
1762
00:13:01,054 --> 00:13:02,075:
woods.
1763
00:13:02,075 --> 00:13:02,195:
The
1764
00:13:02,195 --> 00:13:02,554:
wolf was
1765
00:13:02,554 --> 00:13:02,735:
not
1766
00:13:02,735 --> 00:13:03,034:
always
1767
00:13:03,034 --> 00:13:04,835:
lost.
As
1768
00:13:04,835 --> 00:13:05,014:
she
1769
00:13:05,014 --> 00:13:05,465:
follows
1770
00:13:05,465 --> 00:13:05,554:
the
1771
00:13:05,554 --> 00:13:05,945:
child
1772
00:13:05,945 --> 00:13:06,004:
who
1773
00:13:06,004 --> 00:13:06,215:
looks
1774
00:13:06,215 --> 00:13:06,394:
like
1775
00:13:06,394 --> 00:13:06,455:
a
1776
00:13:06,455 --> 00:13:06,695:
man,
1777
00:13:06,695 --> 00:13:06,815:
she
1778
00:13:06,815 --> 00:13:07,205:
becomes
1779
00:13:07,205 --> 00:13:07,384:
less
1780
00:13:07,384 --> 00:13:09,965:
sure
1781
00:13:09,965 --> 00:13:10,085:
of what she is. She becomes less sure of
1782
00:13:10,085 --> 00:13:10,325:
where
1783
00:13:10,325 --> 00:13:10,565:
she
1784
00:13:10,565 --> 00:13:11,075:
walks.
The
1785
00:13:11,075 --> 00:13:11,495:
child
1786
00:13:11,495 --> 00:13:11,825:
knows
1787
00:13:11,825 --> 00:13:12,095:
he
1788
00:13:12,095 --> 00:13:12,274:
is
1789
00:13:12,274 --> 00:13:12,485:
doing
1790
00:13:12,485 --> 00:13:12,815:
something
1791
00:13:12,815 --> 00:13:13,445:
right.
1792
00:13:13,445 --> 00:13:13,625:
He
1793
00:13:13,625 --> 00:13:13,924:
knows
1794
00:13:13,924 --> 00:13:14,554:
he
1795
00:13:14,554 --> 00:13:14,705:
is
1796
00:13:14,705 --> 00:13:14,855:
not
1797
00:13:14,855 --> 00:13:14,884:
a
1798
00:13:14,884 --> 00:13:15,455:
huntsman
1799
00:13:15,455 --> 00:13:15,575:
with
1800
00:13:15,575 --> 00:13:15,695:
a
1801
00:13:15,695 --> 00:13:16,325:
gun and a
1802
00:13:16,325 --> 00:13:16,715:
treaty
1803
00:13:16,715 --> 00:13:17,284:
torn in two.
1804
00:13:17,284 --> 00:13:17,524:
He
1805
00:13:17,524 --> 00:13:17,914:
knows
1806
00:13:17,914 --> 00:13:18,514:
he
1807
00:13:18,514 --> 00:13:18,754:
is
1808
00:13:18,754 --> 00:13:19,144:
not
1809
00:13:19,144 --> 00:13:19,174:
a
1810
00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:19,595:
heathen
1811
00:13:19,595 --> 00:13:19,955:
because
1812
00:13:19,955 --> 00:13:20,105:
he
1813
00:13:20,105 --> 00:13:20,524:
carries
1814
00:13:20,524 --> 00:13:20,615:
a
1815
00:13:20,615 --> 00:13:20,914:
book
1816
00:13:20,914 --> 00:13:21,605:
that
1817
00:13:21,605 --> 00:13:21,725:
he
1818
00:13:21,725 --> 00:13:22,054:
thinks
1819
00:13:22,054 --> 00:13:22,235:
will
1820
00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:22,475:
tell
1821
00:13:22,475 --> 00:13:22,565:
the
1822
00:13:22,565 --> 00:13:24,095:
truth.
1823
00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:24,184:
He
1824
00:13:24,184 --> 00:13:24,455:
knows
1825
00:13:24,455 --> 00:13:24,725:
many
1826
00:13:24,725 --> 00:13:26,225:
things,
1827
00:13:26,225 --> 00:13:26,404:
but
1828
00:13:26,404 --> 00:13:26,644:
he is
1829
00:13:26,644 --> 00:13:26,914:
only
1830
00:13:26,914 --> 00:13:26,975:
a
1831
00:13:26,975 --> 00:13:29,134:
child.
The
1832
00:13:29,134 --> 00:13:29,465:
wolf
1833
00:13:29,465 --> 00:13:29,615:
is
1834
00:13:29,615 --> 00:13:29,945:
older
1835
00:13:29,945 --> 00:13:30,154:
than
1836
00:13:30,154 --> 00:13:30,245:
the
1837
00:13:30,245 --> 00:13:32,105:
child.
1838
00:13:32,105 --> 00:13:32,254:
The
1839
00:13:32,254 --> 00:13:32,585:
wolf
1840
00:13:32,585 --> 00:13:32,735:
is
1841
00:13:32,735 --> 00:13:33,125:
always
1842
00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:33,365:
older
1843
00:13:33,365 --> 00:13:33,575:
than
1844
00:13:33,575 --> 00:13:33,634:
the
1845
00:13:33,634 --> 00:13:34,445:
child,
1846
00:13:34,445 --> 00:13:34,654:
and
1847
00:13:34,654 --> 00:13:34,745:
in
1848
00:13:34,745 --> 00:13:35,044:
most
1849
00:13:35,044 --> 00:13:35,434:
versions
1850
00:13:35,434 --> 00:13:35,524:
of
1851
00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:35,615:
this
1852
00:13:35,615 --> 00:13:36,004:
story,
1853
00:13:36,004 --> 00:13:36,184:
she
1854
00:13:36,184 --> 00:13:36,335:
is
1855
00:13:36,335 --> 00:13:37,205:
smarter,
1856
00:13:37,205 --> 00:13:39,394:
too.
The
1857
00:13:39,394 --> 00:13:39,725:
wolf
1858
00:13:39,725 --> 00:13:40,174:
sees
1859
00:13:40,174 --> 00:13:40,264:
the
1860
00:13:40,264 --> 00:13:40,595:
world
1861
00:13:40,595 --> 00:13:40,715:
is
1862
00:13:40,715 --> 00:13:42,125:
changing.
1863
00:13:42,125 --> 00:13:42,335:
She
1864
00:13:42,335 --> 00:13:42,815:
sees
1865
00:13:42,815 --> 00:13:42,934:
that the
1866
00:13:42,934 --> 00:13:43,294:
child
1867
00:13:43,294 --> 00:13:43,445:
has
1868
00:13:43,445 --> 00:13:43,475:
a
1869
00:13:43,475 --> 00:13:43,835:
hand
1870
00:13:43,835 --> 00:13:43,955:
in
1871
00:13:43,955 --> 00:13:44,164:
it–a
1872
00:13:44,164 --> 00:13:44,554:
small
1873
00:13:44,554 --> 00:13:44,914:
hand, a
1874
00:13:44,914 --> 00:13:45,245:
gentle
1875
00:13:45,245 --> 00:13:45,725:
hand–but
1876
00:13:45,725 --> 00:13:45,784:
a
1877
00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:46,264:
hand
1878
00:13:46,264 --> 00:13:48,154:
nonetheless.
1879
00:13:48,154 --> 00:13:48,304:
Why
1880
00:13:48,304 --> 00:13:48,424:
does
1881
00:13:48,424 --> 00:13:48,605:
she
1882
00:13:48,605 --> 00:13:48,904:
follow
1883
00:13:48,904 --> 00:13:50,855:
him?
She
1884
00:13:50,855 --> 00:13:51,335:
follows
1885
00:13:51,335 --> 00:13:51,455:
him
1886
00:13:51,455 --> 00:13:51,784:
because
1887
00:13:51,784 --> 00:13:52,024:
she
1888
00:13:52,024 --> 00:13:52,205:
is
1889
00:13:52,205 --> 00:13:56,195:
afraid.
#
One
1890
00:13:56,195 --> 00:13:57,365:
day,
1891
00:13:57,365 --> 00:13:57,514:
in
1892
00:13:57,514 --> 00:13:57,575:
a
1893
00:13:57,575 --> 00:13:58,085:
town
1894
00:13:58,085 --> 00:13:58,205:
that
1895
00:13:58,205 --> 00:13:58,355:
was
1896
00:13:58,355 --> 00:13:58,684:
once
1897
00:13:58,684 --> 00:13:59,075:
beautiful
1898
00:13:59,075 --> 00:14:00,485:
wilderness,
1899
00:14:00,485 --> 00:14:00,664:
he
1900
00:14:00,664 --> 00:14:03,004:
died.
I
1901
00:14:03,004 --> 00:14:03,274:
didn’t
1902
00:14:03,274 --> 00:14:03,485:
know
1903
00:14:03,485 --> 00:14:03,725:
it.
1904
00:14:03,725 --> 00:14:03,815:
I
1905
00:14:03,815 --> 00:14:04,144:
waited
1906
00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:04,534:
outside
1907
00:14:04,534 --> 00:14:04,654:
for
1908
00:14:04,654 --> 00:14:05,375:
days,
1909
00:14:05,375 --> 00:14:06,845:
weeks–until
1910
00:14:06,845 --> 00:14:06,917:
his
1911
00:14:06,917 --> 00:14:07,294:
scent had
1912
00:14:07,294 --> 00:14:09,335:
faded. At
1913
00:14:09,335 --> 00:14:09,754:
last
1914
00:14:09,754 --> 00:14:09,845:
I
1915
00:14:09,845 --> 00:14:10,174:
crept
1916
00:14:10,174 --> 00:14:10,264:
in
1917
00:14:10,264 --> 00:14:10,504:
under
1918
00:14:10,504 --> 00:14:10,985:
darkness
1919
00:14:10,985 --> 00:14:11,105:
and
1920
00:14:11,105 --> 00:14:11,524:
searched
1921
00:14:11,524 --> 00:14:11,644:
for
1922
00:14:11,644 --> 00:14:13,355:
him.
1923
00:14:13,355 --> 00:14:14,044:
I tracked
1924
00:14:14,044 --> 00:14:14,105:
the
1925
00:14:14,105 --> 00:14:14,465:
last
1926
00:14:14,465 --> 00:14:14,914:
wisps
1927
00:14:14,914 --> 00:14:15,065:
of
1928
00:14:15,065 --> 00:14:15,514:
his scent
1929
00:14:15,514 --> 00:14:15,664:
to
1930
00:14:15,664 --> 00:14:15,754:
a
1931
00:14:15,754 --> 00:14:16,144:
heap
1932
00:14:16,144 --> 00:14:16,264:
of
1933
00:14:16,264 --> 00:14:16,715:
dusty
1934
00:14:16,715 --> 00:14:17,014:
earth
1935
00:14:17,014 --> 00:14:17,195:
too
1936
00:14:17,195 --> 00:14:17,495:
dry
1937
00:14:17,495 --> 00:14:17,674:
for
1938
00:14:17,674 --> 00:14:19,865:
crops. Would
1939
00:14:19,865 --> 00:14:19,894:
a
1940
00:14:19,894 --> 00:14:20,254:
tree
1941
00:14:20,254 --> 00:14:20,764:
grow over
1942
00:14:20,764 --> 00:14:20,914:
his
1943
00:14:20,914 --> 00:14:23,134:
bones?
1944
00:14:23,134 --> 00:14:23,315:
I
1945
00:14:23,315 --> 00:14:23,495:
would
1946
00:14:23,495 --> 00:14:23,735:
never
1947
00:14:23,735 --> 00:14:26,554:
know.
What
1948
00:14:26,554 --> 00:14:26,735:
does
1949
00:14:26,735 --> 00:14:26,825:
the
1950
00:14:26,825 --> 00:14:27,154:
wolf
1951
00:14:27,154 --> 00:14:27,575:
do
1952
00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:27,815:
when
1953
00:14:27,815 --> 00:14:28,715:
child,
1954
00:14:28,715 --> 00:14:29,434:
man,
1955
00:14:29,434 --> 00:14:29,615:
and
1956
00:14:29,615 --> 00:14:31,325:
grandmother
1957
00:14:31,325 --> 00:14:31,475:
have
1958
00:14:31,475 --> 00:14:31,715:
all
1959
00:14:31,715 --> 00:14:32,075:
left
1960
00:14:32,075 --> 00:14:32,164:
the
1961
00:14:32,164 --> 00:14:35,105:
story?
She
1962
00:14:35,105 --> 00:14:35,524:
finds
1963
00:14:35,524 --> 00:14:35,644:
her
1964
00:14:35,644 --> 00:14:35,855:
way
1965
00:14:35,855 --> 00:14:36,065:
out
1966
00:14:36,065 --> 00:14:36,215:
of
1967
00:14:36,215 --> 00:14:36,304:
the
1968
00:14:36,304 --> 00:14:39,184:
woods.
I
1969
00:14:39,184 --> 00:14:39,485:
ran
1970
00:14:39,485 --> 00:14:39,695:
away
1971
00:14:39,695 --> 00:14:39,875:
from
1972
00:14:39,875 --> 00:14:39,995:
the
1973
00:14:39,995 --> 00:14:40,384:
town and
1974
00:14:40,384 --> 00:14:40,684:
went
1975
00:14:40,684 --> 00:14:41,044:
east,
1976
00:14:41,044 --> 00:14:41,434:
searching
1977
00:14:41,434 --> 00:14:41,554:
for
1978
00:14:41,554 --> 00:14:41,644:
the
1979
00:14:41,644 --> 00:14:41,945:
home
1980
00:14:41,945 --> 00:14:42,125:
I’d
1981
00:14:42,125 --> 00:14:42,304:
left
1982
00:14:42,304 --> 00:14:42,455:
so
1983
00:14:42,455 --> 00:14:42,634:
long
1984
00:14:42,634 --> 00:14:42,904:
ago.
1985
00:14:42,904 --> 00:14:43,085:
But
1986
00:14:43,085 --> 00:14:43,144:
the
1987
00:14:43,144 --> 00:14:43,475:
further
1988
00:14:43,475 --> 00:14:44,434:
I ran, the
1989
00:14:44,434 --> 00:14:44,644:
more
1990
00:14:44,644 --> 00:14:44,914:
men
1991
00:14:44,914 --> 00:14:45,034:
I
1992
00:14:45,034 --> 00:14:46,684:
found.
1993
00:14:46,684 --> 00:14:46,804:
It
1994
00:14:46,804 --> 00:14:46,985:
was
1995
00:14:46,985 --> 00:14:47,345:
not
1996
00:14:47,345 --> 00:14:47,434:
the
1997
00:14:47,434 --> 00:14:48,065:
landscape
1998
00:14:48,065 --> 00:14:48,154:
I
1999
00:14:48,154 --> 00:14:50,254:
remembered.
2000
00:14:50,254 --> 00:14:50,375:
I
2001
00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:50,975:
realized
2002
00:14:50,975 --> 00:14:51,034:
how
2003
00:14:51,034 --> 00:14:51,274:
much
2004
00:14:51,274 --> 00:14:51,575:
time
2005
00:14:51,575 --> 00:14:51,695:
had
2006
00:14:51,695 --> 00:14:52,144:
passed,
2007
00:14:52,144 --> 00:14:52,235:
how
2008
00:14:52,235 --> 00:14:52,445:
much
2009
00:14:52,445 --> 00:14:52,565:
the
2010
00:14:52,565 --> 00:14:52,924:
world
2011
00:14:52,924 --> 00:14:53,014:
had
2012
00:14:53,014 --> 00:14:53,615:
changed
2013
00:14:53,615 --> 00:14:53,734:
from
2014
00:14:53,734 --> 00:14:53,855:
what
2015
00:14:53,855 --> 00:14:53,975:
I
2016
00:14:53,975 --> 00:14:55,445:
knew.
2017
00:14:55,445 --> 00:14:55,595:
There
2018
00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:55,745:
was
2019
00:14:55,745 --> 00:14:55,894:
no
2020
00:14:55,894 --> 00:14:56,075:
more
2021
00:14:56,075 --> 00:14:56,375:
home
2022
00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:56,495:
for
2023
00:14:56,495 --> 00:14:56,644:
me
2024
00:14:56,644 --> 00:14:58,774:
there.
When
2025
00:14:58,774 --> 00:14:58,805:
I
2026
00:14:58,805 --> 00:14:59,284:
slept,
2027
00:14:59,284 --> 00:14:59,375:
I
2028
00:14:59,375 --> 00:14:59,674:
heard
2029
00:14:59,674 --> 00:15:00,965:
something.
2030
00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:01,024:
A
2031
00:15:01,024 --> 00:15:01,924:
song,
2032
00:15:01,924 --> 00:15:01,987:
a
2033
00:15:01,987 --> 00:15:03,245:
lament.
2034
00:15:03,245 --> 00:15:03,274:
A
2035
00:15:03,274 --> 00:15:03,754:
memory
2036
00:15:03,754 --> 00:15:03,875:
I
2037
00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:04,144:
never
2038
00:15:04,144 --> 00:15:05,794:
lived.
It
2039
00:15:05,794 --> 00:15:06,125:
came
2040
00:15:06,125 --> 00:15:06,274:
from
2041
00:15:06,274 --> 00:15:07,534:
you.
2042
00:15:07,534 --> 00:15:07,625:
It
2043
00:15:07,625 --> 00:15:07,804:
came
2044
00:15:07,804 --> 00:15:07,985:
from
2045
00:15:07,985 --> 00:15:08,254:
here,
2046
00:15:08,254 --> 00:15:08,434:
from
2047
00:15:08,434 --> 00:15:09,065:
generations
2048
00:15:09,065 --> 00:15:09,154:
of
2049
00:15:09,154 --> 00:15:09,575:
stories
2050
00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:09,664:
I
2051
00:15:09,664 --> 00:15:09,875:
never
2052
00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,014:
heard,
2053
00:15:11,014 --> 00:15:11,104:
and
2054
00:15:11,104 --> 00:15:11,345:
never
2055
00:15:11,345 --> 00:15:13,264:
forgot.
You
2056
00:15:13,264 --> 00:15:13,414:
know
2057
00:15:13,414 --> 00:15:13,534:
the
2058
00:15:13,534 --> 00:15:13,924:
rest:
2059
00:15:13,924 --> 00:15:14,014:
I
2060
00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:14,315:
turned
2061
00:15:14,315 --> 00:15:15,514:
north.
2062
00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:15,664:
I
2063
00:15:15,664 --> 00:15:16,056:
ran
2064
00:15:16,056 --> 00:15:16,205:
through
2065
00:15:16,205 --> 00:15:16,684:
plains
2066
00:15:16,684 --> 00:15:16,804:
and
2067
00:15:16,804 --> 00:15:17,315:
valleys,
2068
00:15:17,315 --> 00:15:17,554:
under
2069
00:15:17,554 --> 00:15:17,945:
alien
2070
00:15:17,945 --> 00:15:18,784:
trees into
2071
00:15:18,784 --> 00:15:19,205:
colder
2072
00:15:19,205 --> 00:15:20,315:
air.
2073
00:15:20,315 --> 00:15:20,855:
I ran
2074
00:15:20,855 --> 00:15:21,125:
until
2075
00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:21,215:
I
2076
00:15:21,215 --> 00:15:21,514:
found
2077
00:15:21,514 --> 00:15:21,544:
a
2078
00:15:21,544 --> 00:15:21,995:
scent I’d
2079
00:15:21,995 --> 00:15:22,264:
almost
2080
00:15:22,264 --> 00:15:24,544:
forgotten.
I
2081
00:15:24,544 --> 00:15:25,235:
howled,
2082
00:15:25,235 --> 00:15:26,615:
then.
2083
00:15:26,615 --> 00:15:26,735:
I
2084
00:15:26,735 --> 00:15:27,154:
howled
2085
00:15:27,154 --> 00:15:27,245:
for
2086
00:15:27,245 --> 00:15:27,365:
my
2087
00:15:27,365 --> 00:15:27,725:
lost
2088
00:15:27,725 --> 00:15:28,144:
lands
2089
00:15:28,144 --> 00:15:28,235:
and
2090
00:15:28,235 --> 00:15:28,294:
the
2091
00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:28,565:
life
2092
00:15:28,565 --> 00:15:28,774:
I’d
2093
00:15:28,774 --> 00:15:29,225:
wasted.
2094
00:15:29,225 --> 00:15:29,284:
I
2095
00:15:29,284 --> 00:15:29,764:
howled
2096
00:15:29,764 --> 00:15:29,914:
for
2097
00:15:29,914 --> 00:15:29,975:
a
2098
00:15:29,975 --> 00:15:30,365:
place
2099
00:15:30,365 --> 00:15:30,575:
as
2100
00:15:30,575 --> 00:15:30,845:
yet
2101
00:15:30,845 --> 00:15:31,414:
untouched
2102
00:15:31,414 --> 00:15:31,654:
by
2103
00:15:31,654 --> 00:15:33,154:
axes.
And
2104
00:15:33,154 --> 00:15:33,335:
you
2105
00:15:33,335 --> 00:15:35,225:
responded.
2106
00:15:35,225 --> 00:15:35,284:
I
2107
00:15:35,284 --> 00:15:35,554:
heard
2108
00:15:35,554 --> 00:15:35,674:
you
2109
00:15:35,674 --> 00:15:36,154:
howling
2110
00:15:36,154 --> 00:15:36,274:
in
2111
00:15:36,274 --> 00:15:36,335:
the
2112
00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:36,875:
hills,
2113
00:15:36,875 --> 00:15:37,264:
howling
2114
00:15:37,264 --> 00:15:37,445:
under
2115
00:15:37,445 --> 00:15:37,565:
the
2116
00:15:37,565 --> 00:15:38,975:
stars.
Twenty
2117
00:15:38,975 --> 00:15:39,424:
years
2118
00:15:39,424 --> 00:15:39,845:
after
2119
00:15:39,845 --> 00:15:40,024:
my
2120
00:15:40,024 --> 00:15:40,654:
grandmother’s
2121
00:15:40,654 --> 00:15:40,924:
death,
2122
00:15:40,924 --> 00:15:41,044:
I
2123
00:15:41,044 --> 00:15:41,345:
found
2124
00:15:41,345 --> 00:15:41,794:
myself
2125
00:15:41,794 --> 00:15:41,884:
in
2126
00:15:41,884 --> 00:15:42,004:
the
2127
00:15:42,004 --> 00:15:42,394:
company
2128
00:15:42,394 --> 00:15:42,544:
of
2129
00:15:42,544 --> 00:15:43,024:
wolves
2130
00:15:43,024 --> 00:15:44,225:
again.
2131
00:15:44,225 --> 00:15:44,375:
You
2132
00:15:44,375 --> 00:15:44,644:
brought
2133
00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:44,735:
me
2134
00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:45,065:
further
2135
00:15:45,065 --> 00:15:46,085:
north,
2136
00:15:46,085 --> 00:15:46,325:
through
2137
00:15:46,325 --> 00:15:46,654:
woods
2138
00:15:46,654 --> 00:15:46,804:
that
2139
00:15:46,804 --> 00:15:47,075:
bore
2140
00:15:47,075 --> 00:15:47,254:
no
2141
00:15:47,254 --> 00:15:47,705:
foreign
2142
00:15:47,705 --> 00:15:49,384:
fruit.
2143
00:15:49,384 --> 00:15:49,534:
I
2144
00:15:49,534 --> 00:15:49,955:
followed
2145
00:15:49,955 --> 00:15:50,134:
you
2146
00:15:50,134 --> 00:15:50,315:
under
2147
00:15:50,315 --> 00:15:50,434:
the
2148
00:15:50,434 --> 00:15:50,825:
moon’s
2149
00:15:50,825 --> 00:15:51,215:
cool
2150
00:15:51,215 --> 00:15:51,579:
glow and
2151
00:15:51,579 --> 00:15:51,815:
into
2152
00:15:51,815 --> 00:15:51,875:
a
2153
00:15:51,875 --> 00:15:52,475:
landscape
2154
00:15:52,475 --> 00:15:52,595:
I had
2155
00:15:52,595 --> 00:15:52,835:
never
2156
00:15:52,835 --> 00:15:54,605:
seen.
When
2157
00:15:54,605 --> 00:15:54,754:
we
2158
00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:55,085:
stopped
2159
00:15:55,085 --> 00:15:55,174:
at
2160
00:15:55,174 --> 00:15:55,715:
last,
2161
00:15:55,715 --> 00:15:56,075:
far
2162
00:15:56,075 --> 00:15:56,254:
from
2163
00:15:56,254 --> 00:15:56,345:
the
2164
00:15:56,345 --> 00:15:56,644:
nearest
2165
00:15:56,644 --> 00:15:57,125:
Frontier,
2166
00:15:57,125 --> 00:15:57,245:
we
2167
00:15:57,245 --> 00:15:57,394:
lay
2168
00:15:57,394 --> 00:15:57,575:
down
2169
00:15:57,575 --> 00:15:58,894:
together
2170
00:15:58,894 --> 00:15:58,985:
and
2171
00:15:58,985 --> 00:15:59,194:
told
2172
00:15:59,194 --> 00:16:02,014:
stories.
I
2173
00:16:02,014 --> 00:16:02,404:
learned
2174
00:16:02,404 --> 00:16:02,495:
at
2175
00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:02,945:
last
2176
00:16:02,945 --> 00:16:03,034:
the
2177
00:16:03,034 --> 00:16:03,394:
secret
2178
00:16:03,394 --> 00:16:03,514:
of
2179
00:16:03,514 --> 00:16:03,695:
my
2180
00:16:03,695 --> 00:16:05,284:
kind:
2181
00:16:05,284 --> 00:16:05,524:
we
2182
00:16:05,524 --> 00:16:05,884:
live
2183
00:16:05,884 --> 00:16:06,065:
as
2184
00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:06,394:
long
2185
00:16:06,394 --> 00:16:06,514:
as
2186
00:16:06,514 --> 00:16:06,695:
there
2187
00:16:06,695 --> 00:16:06,845:
is
2188
00:16:06,845 --> 00:16:07,264:
land
2189
00:16:07,264 --> 00:16:07,355:
to
2190
00:16:07,355 --> 00:16:07,684:
hold
2191
00:16:07,684 --> 00:16:09,575:
us.
#
And
2192
00:16:09,575 --> 00:16:09,664:
the
2193
00:16:09,664 --> 00:16:11,195:
legend?
2194
00:16:11,195 --> 00:16:11,345:
It
2195
00:16:11,345 --> 00:16:11,615:
lives
2196
00:16:11,615 --> 00:16:11,705:
in
2197
00:16:11,705 --> 00:16:12,095:
mouths
2198
00:16:12,095 --> 00:16:12,304:
other
2199
00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:12,514:
than
2200
00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:13,625:
ours,
2201
00:16:13,625 --> 00:16:14,134:
shared
2202
00:16:14,134 --> 00:16:14,284:
in
2203
00:16:14,284 --> 00:16:14,825:
songs
2204
00:16:14,825 --> 00:16:15,215:
without
2205
00:16:15,215 --> 00:16:16,894:
teeth.
2206
00:16:16,894 --> 00:16:17,014:
In
2207
00:16:17,014 --> 00:16:17,195:
some
2208
00:16:17,195 --> 00:16:20,554:
versions
2209
00:16:20,554 --> 00:16:20,615:
of the story, I don’t exist at all. In some versions of
2210
00:16:20,615 --> 00:16:20,705:
the
2211
00:16:20,705 --> 00:16:21,004:
story,
2212
00:16:21,004 --> 00:16:21,215:
I am
2213
00:16:21,215 --> 00:16:21,274:
a
2214
00:16:21,274 --> 00:16:22,355:
footnote.
But
2215
00:16:22,355 --> 00:16:22,565:
you
2216
00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:22,745:
know
2217
00:16:22,745 --> 00:16:22,894:
the
2218
00:16:22,894 --> 00:16:24,304:
truth.
2219
00:16:24,304 --> 00:16:24,634:
You
2220
00:16:24,634 --> 00:16:24,904:
know
2221
00:16:24,904 --> 00:16:25,144:
how
2222
00:16:25,144 --> 00:16:25,384:
we
2223
00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:25,774:
really
2224
00:16:25,774 --> 00:16:26,315:
lived,
2225
00:16:26,315 --> 00:16:26,524:
all
2226
00:16:26,524 --> 00:16:26,825:
those
2227
00:16:26,825 --> 00:16:27,125:
years
2228
00:16:27,125 --> 00:16:29,465:
ago.
Once,
2229
00:16:29,465 --> 00:16:29,615:
there
2230
00:16:29,615 --> 00:16:29,794:
was
2231
00:16:29,794 --> 00:16:29,855:
a
2232
00:16:29,855 --> 00:16:30,245:
wolf
2233
00:16:30,245 --> 00:16:30,335:
who
2234
00:16:30,335 --> 00:16:30,725:
lost
2235
00:16:30,725 --> 00:16:32,315:
everything.
2236
00:16:32,315 --> 00:16:32,914:
Confused
2237
00:16:32,914 --> 00:16:33,034:
and
2238
00:16:33,034 --> 00:16:33,394:
weakened,
2239
00:16:33,394 --> 00:16:33,544:
she
2240
00:16:33,544 --> 00:16:33,784:
tried
2241
00:16:33,784 --> 00:16:33,875:
her
2242
00:16:33,875 --> 00:16:34,205:
best
2243
00:16:34,205 --> 00:16:34,264:
to
2244
00:16:34,264 --> 00:16:34,443:
live
2245
00:16:34,443 --> 00:16:34,625:
like
2246
00:16:34,625 --> 00:16:34,684:
a
2247
00:16:34,684 --> 00:16:36,455:
man.
The
2248
00:16:36,455 --> 00:16:37,054:
child-man
2249
00:16:37,054 --> 00:16:37,205:
she
2250
00:16:37,205 --> 00:16:37,534:
followed
2251
00:16:37,534 --> 00:16:37,835:
wasn’t
2252
00:16:37,835 --> 00:16:38,195:
bad,
2253
00:16:38,195 --> 00:16:38,404:
she
2254
00:16:38,404 --> 00:16:39,304:
thought.
2255
00:16:39,304 --> 00:16:39,544:
He
2256
00:16:39,544 --> 00:16:39,904:
helped
2257
00:16:39,904 --> 00:16:40,174:
her
2258
00:16:40,174 --> 00:16:40,294:
and
2259
00:16:40,294 --> 00:16:40,445:
he
2260
00:16:40,445 --> 00:16:40,684:
helped
2261
00:16:40,684 --> 00:16:42,125:
others.
2262
00:16:42,125 --> 00:16:42,335:
He
2263
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:42,754:
told
2264
00:16:42,754 --> 00:16:43,294:
stories,
2265
00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:43,445:
but
2266
00:16:43,445 --> 00:16:43,595:
he
2267
00:16:43,595 --> 00:16:43,985:
rarely
2268
00:16:43,985 --> 00:16:44,375:
heard
2269
00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:45,245:
them.
The
2270
00:16:45,245 --> 00:16:45,544:
wolf
2271
00:16:45,544 --> 00:16:47,225:
listened.
2272
00:16:47,225 --> 00:16:47,434:
And
2273
00:16:47,434 --> 00:16:47,524:
at
2274
00:16:47,524 --> 00:16:48,245:
night,
2275
00:16:48,245 --> 00:16:48,394:
in
2276
00:16:48,394 --> 00:16:48,455:
a
2277
00:16:48,455 --> 00:16:48,965:
distance
2278
00:16:48,965 --> 00:16:49,144:
no
2279
00:16:49,144 --> 00:16:49,534:
fingers
2280
00:16:49,534 --> 00:16:49,684:
could
2281
00:16:49,684 --> 00:16:49,985:
touch,
2282
00:16:49,985 --> 00:16:50,105:
she
2283
00:16:50,105 --> 00:16:50,284:
heard
2284
00:16:50,284 --> 00:16:50,585:
something
2285
00:16:50,585 --> 00:16:50,825:
else
2286
00:16:50,825 --> 00:16:52,115:
growing.
2287
00:16:52,115 --> 00:16:52,205:
A
2288
00:16:52,205 --> 00:16:52,745:
song
2289
00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:52,864:
and
2290
00:16:52,864 --> 00:16:52,894:
a
2291
00:16:52,894 --> 00:16:54,993:
memory.
When
2292
00:16:54,993 --> 00:16:55,205:
she
2293
00:16:55,205 --> 00:16:55,745:
decided
2294
00:16:55,745 --> 00:16:55,894:
at
2295
00:16:55,894 --> 00:16:56,225:
last
2296
00:16:56,225 --> 00:16:56,345:
to
2297
00:16:56,345 --> 00:16:56,825:
follow
2298
00:16:56,825 --> 00:16:56,945:
it,
2299
00:16:56,945 --> 00:16:57,125:
she
2300
00:16:57,125 --> 00:16:57,485:
carried
2301
00:16:57,485 --> 00:16:57,605:
with
2302
00:16:57,605 --> 00:16:57,784:
her
2303
00:16:57,784 --> 00:16:57,845:
a
2304
00:16:57,845 --> 00:16:58,235:
song
2305
00:16:58,235 --> 00:16:58,355:
of
2306
00:16:58,355 --> 00:16:58,534:
her
2307
00:16:58,534 --> 00:16:59,945:
own.
2308
00:16:59,945 --> 00:17:00,034:
A
2309
00:17:00,034 --> 00:17:00,335:
song
2310
00:17:00,335 --> 00:17:00,455:
of
2311
00:17:00,455 --> 00:17:00,725:
tin
2312
00:17:00,725 --> 00:17:01,774:
pots,
2313
00:17:01,774 --> 00:17:02,044:
bare
2314
00:17:02,044 --> 00:17:03,274:
feet,
2315
00:17:03,274 --> 00:17:03,485:
and
2316
00:17:03,485 --> 00:17:03,904:
apple
2317
00:17:03,904 --> 00:17:07,055:
seeds.
On
2318
00:17:07,055 --> 00:17:07,144:
the
2319
00:17:07,144 --> 00:17:07,595:
coldest
2320
00:17:07,595 --> 00:17:08,644:
nights,
2321
00:17:08,644 --> 00:17:08,870:
she
2322
00:17:08,870 --> 00:17:09,154:
still
2323
00:17:09,154 --> 00:17:09,484:
feels
2324
00:17:09,484 --> 00:17:09,575:
an
2325
00:17:09,575 --> 00:17:09,815:
ache
2326
00:17:09,815 --> 00:17:09,904:
in
2327
00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:10,055:
her
2328
00:17:10,055 --> 00:17:11,464:
leg,
2329
00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:11,615:
and
2330
00:17:11,615 --> 00:17:12,018:
licks a
2331
00:17:12,018 --> 00:17:12,845:
scar
2332
00:17:12,845 --> 00:17:13,115:
that’s
2333
00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:13,595:
yet
2334
00:17:13,595 --> 00:17:13,744:
to
2335
00:17:13,744 --> 00:17:22,204:
fade.
This
2336
00:17:22,204 --> 00:17:23,525:
was “Appleseed”
2337
00:17:23,525 --> 00:17:23,674:
by
2338
00:17:23,674 --> 00:17:24,154:
Marisca
2339
00:17:24,154 --> 00:17:25,115:
Pichette,
2340
00:17:25,115 --> 00:17:25,414:
read
2341
00:17:25,414 --> 00:17:25,654:
for you
2342
00:17:25,654 --> 00:17:25,805:
by
2343
00:17:25,805 --> 00:17:28,835:
Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker. You
2344
00:17:28,835 --> 00:17:28,984:
can
2345
00:17:28,984 --> 00:17:29,194:
find
2346
00:17:29,194 --> 00:17:29,404:
more
2347
00:17:29,404 --> 00:17:29,855:
stories
2348
00:17:29,855 --> 00:17:29,974:
on
2349
00:17:29,974 --> 00:17:30,035:
the
2350
00:17:30,035 --> 00:17:30,365:
web
2351
00:17:30,365 --> 00:17:30,515:
at
2352
00:17:30,515 --> 00:17:31,625:
thevoice.dog,
2353
00:17:31,625 --> 00:17:31,744:
or
2354
00:17:31,744 --> 00:17:32,105:
find
2355
00:17:32,105 --> 00:17:32,164:
the
2356
00:17:32,164 --> 00:17:32,345:
show
2357
00:17:32,345 --> 00:17:32,644:
wherever
2358
00:17:32,644 --> 00:17:32,765:
you
2359
00:17:32,765 --> 00:17:33,305:
get
2360
00:17:33,305 --> 00:17:33,904:
your
2361
00:17:33,904 --> 00:17:36,005:
podcasts.
2362
00:17:36,005 --> 00:17:36,275:
Thank
2363
00:17:36,275 --> 00:17:36,394:
you
2364
00:17:36,394 --> 00:17:36,575:
for
2365
00:17:36,575 --> 00:17:37,805:
listening
2366
00:17:37,805 --> 00:17:37,865:
to
2367
00:17:37,865 --> 00:17:37,984:
The
2368
00:17:37,984 --> 00:17:38,674:
Voice
2369
00:17:38,674 --> 00:17:38,855:
of
2370
00:17:38,855 --> 00:17:39,154:
Dog.