[so very many things had occurred, so very many odd things, that when the sunwolf raised his head, he did not immediately question what he was seeing. and then each guard hair winked to quick life, tail, shoulders, a tall bristle that sunk the chieftain's wary head between watchful shoulders. a cat, and the largest he had ever seen. and he had never seen such a feline as this, greater than the mountain lions he had known, far more powerful than the lynx or bobcat. stripes broke the outline of the creature's body, and its stare was mismatched with violent color. it took a large effort not to growl a warning, to incite the mighty animal in some way. but the stance of the lanzadoii hunter proclaimed a threat that would be carried out, the summoning bark resting just in his throat. claws dug into the loam. he waited.]

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so very many things had occurred, so very many odd things, that when the sunwolf raised his head, he did not immediately question what he was seeing.

and then each guard hair winked to quick life, tail, shoulders, a tall bristle that sunk the chieftain's wary head between watchful shoulders. a cat, and the largest he had ever seen. and he had never seen such a feline as this, greater than the mountain lions he had known, far more powerful than the lynx or bobcat. stripes broke the outline of the creature's body, and its stare was mismatched with violent color.

it took a large effort not to growl a warning, to incite the mighty animal in some way. but the stance of the lanzadoii hunter proclaimed a threat that would be carried out, the summoning bark resting just in his throat.

claws dug into the loam. he waited.