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[Draco de le Poer]

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It had been a startling noise that had caught his attention. Cael, who had lived among animals unable to assume human-like characteristics, was ignorant of several concepts. Crying was one of them. Laughter was another, though he had learned from ravens what that was. It sounded as though something might be strangling, and that was what drove him towards it. Had the animal been a rabbit or a pheasant, he might have found breakfast. Instead, he was greeted by a black and tan fellow with his face in his hands (though Cael did not know that word), bent over and sobbing.

Head low, he approached, black feet silent over the cold grass and dirt. Finally, perturbed by the sound, he spoke. “Hey, somethin’ wrong with you?”

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