Well she had underestimated him. Here was the tiny Skoll, teaching her quite straight-facedly the lesson she had wanted to ensure he knew. She was impressed by the perceptive pup's words. There was something particularly engaging about the youngster: it wasn't just his fur that shone and stood out. These were the moments she had fought to protect, when a child could grow up free to roam and dream in his own packland without risk from outside. She would have agreed with him about games, too. Although she did not know how to play for her own enjoyment, she knew that going through the motions with others made them happy. And there were other so-called frivolous activities like dancing or music that also served a much deeper purpose. "Maybe not. But sometimes it might..." she mused as he questioned whether it mattered. "Sometimes stories are just stories," she supposed, "But sometimes the stories you tell end up telling you." She couldn't quite find a way to turn that phrase more serviceably, but she was thinking of the religious tales that she'd been told - if they had been different, maybe she would have come to believe in the wrong things altogether. Then there were liars, who told stories as if they were reality and sometimes even believed their own fiction. Even fairy-stories could waste valuable understanding on yearning for a mysterious and magical otherworld, detracting from the real one. Neither of them here was at risk from any of these dangers, though, she suspected. "That's why I think the truth is always best."
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