[sblock="Growling Ape"]
Wild Empathy roll 16 +1 =17
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Ape moves in such a way to suggest that he is not a threat, yet not weak enough to prey upon.
The wolf sat upon the statue plinth licks its chops and lets out a yipping bark. As he enters the courtyard, Ape sees that another wolf sits on a convergence of low branches beneath the rhododendron. This wolf yawns and also gives a whine and a yolp.
The two low buildings are fronted by covered collonades, behind which multiple doorways lead into the building itself. From these, on both sides, more wolves emerge. They slink out of the doors, coolly regarding the baboon and stand peering from behind the cover of the pillars. They start up a chorus of quiet yelps and growls.
From around the right hand side of the tree stalks a large black-furred wolf, walking with an easy confidence. It stops at the side of the tree. The other wolves stop their noise.
"Leave this place, ape-thing," it growls in Low Imperial1. "It is ours now."
1This is not as startling as it may seem. As Ape and Annika have both demonstrated, the boundaries between man and beast are less clearly defined in Conclave. Talking animals, as well as shapechangers, are an accepted part of folklore.