Terra confirmed that the metal beasts would hunt for their human masters, and Skoll nodded, though his expression was thoughtful. It was cool that the humans could make others hunt for them, but wasn’t it more fun to hunt for yourself? He wasn’t familiar with the concept of slavery, but that was what he’d equate the mind-control to if he’d known. All he knew was that it was sort of strange. “’oomans ’unt all alone too?” he asked, wondering how they could be fierce predators if they couldn’t hunt. He patted at the log.
The cinnamon coywolf went on to describe the new beast, and wide green eyes flicked quickly heavenward as he tried to understand. Birds could fly to the treetops, but he couldn’t imagine a bird flying into the stars. Not quite understanding death at his age, he continued to stare at the blue sky in utter confusion. Humans did some pretty scary things!
Terra explained that the humans fought over the star-beast, and he wagged his tail as she hopped down next to him on the grass. She indicated a hollow log that would take them safely to the stars, and he nodded enthusiastically.
“Run! Run, Terra!” the boy shouted, as if other the cries of battle. He rushed/ toward the log, zigzagging as if avoiding invisible enemies, and hurled himself into the hollow. He curled up there, giggling and seeing if his companion would make it. “Don’ get left behind! ’urry hurry!” He grinned and cast as much of a look skyward as he could, ready to command the log to fly upwards with his mind like the humans did.
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