[his own. lestan hardly remembered the wilds, not with it so far behind and kirain at his side. a nervous shrug twitched through his shoulder. i s-suppose it h-has all b-become -- qu-quite n-normal to m-me. though perhaps not the snow. that paw, however, brought to bear the fact that the instinct was the same, and so the witch remained watchful. a pause. if it is m-my n-nature to h-hunt th-them, th-the f-foxes, i m-mean, and n-not y-your own, m-maybe in th-this w-world y-you w-would b-be more sk-skilled at it, lestan said, a hopeful little smile skimming his face. it could not be said that a wolf should ever trust a cat, but he was a druid. were not the stranger workings of the natural world his own to parse and to understand?]

his own. lestan hardly remembered the wilds, not with it so far behind and kirain at his side. a nervous shrug twitched through his shoulder. i s-suppose it h-has all b-become -- qu-quite n-normal to m-me. though perhaps not the snow. that paw, however, brought to bear the fact that the instinct was the same, and so the witch remained watchful.
a pause.
if it is m-my n-nature to h-hunt th-them, th-the f-foxes, i m-mean, and n-not y-your own, m-maybe in th-this w-world y-you w-would b-be more sk-skilled at it, lestan said, a hopeful little smile skimming his face. it could not be said that a wolf should ever trust a cat, but he was a druid. were not the stranger workings of the natural world his own to parse and to understand?