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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 2441310" data-attributes="member: 21064">(The wolves are pushing Luthiel and Malen back the way they came, and Devlin is being beckoned forward along the trail.  The path is 5' wide and the canopy is approximately 15-20' up, though it varies greatly.  Almost no sun makes it through the dense foliage, making it seem like late evening, perhaps an hour after sunset.)By this time, Garrit and Cryndo have reached the spot.  Seeing the wolves, they draw their weapons and almost rush in to battle, but Luthiel and Malen quickly stop them and whisper softly the situation.Devlin and the lead wolf are now about ten feet from the other three wolves, behind which Malen, Luthiel, Garrit, and Cryndo are waiting tensely.  The growling has stopped, but all four wolves still have their teeth bared.Devlin and the lead wolf stand face to knee.  Suddenly and without warning, the wolf's jaws snap forward with a loud snarl and clamp shut around Devlin's feet.  Those behind the wolves all shout but Devlin doesn't flinch.  The wolf's head pulls back and in its jaws, lifeless, is a snake.  Judging by the markings on its skin, it is either totally harmless or extremely poisonous, nobody in the group can tell with their limited knowledge.The lead wolf deposits the body of the now-dead snake in the brush.  Almost human in its actions, it walks up to Devlin and draws a line in the ground and then walks ten feet away and draws a line in front of itself.  It howls and one of the other wolves comes over and pushes Devlin aside.  Both wolves stare at each other for a moment before the lead wolf strikes the ground with its paw once.  The second immediately does the same.  The lead wolf repeats the action and the second mimics it again.  A third time the exchange goes, but this time on the second count, both wolves take a lunge forward at each other and start to bite and claw at each other.  Then, as soon as it began, the lead wolf howls again and the fight stops.The second wolf pads away, a trickle of blood can be seen running down its neck and it has a noticeable limp, but it's still walking.  It walks over to Devlin and nudges him back into place, behind the line.  The first wolf, apparently unharmed, also returns to its place behind the line.  Its glowing red eyes lock with Devlin's for a moment.It strikes the ground with a paw.</blockquote>

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