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*snores*
Dogs barking
*alarmed sheep*
What is it?
Oh no!
*Dog yelping*
*Wolf growls*
Chirin!
No!
Chirin couldn't understand what his mother had done to deserve dying at the hands of the wolf king.
What did any of the sheep do for that matter
But the wolf still came and the sheep still died.
Helpless at the fangs of their enemy.
Nature had been unfair to Chirin
And to his mother.
I'm going to kill you
You killed my mother
I'm going to kill you!
I mean it!
I hate you!
Wolf!
Alright, I've decided to be your apprentice and learn to be strong just as if I were a real wolf like you.
I'm sick of being a sheep, all we ever do is stand in corners and shake!
I want to learn to be a scary wolf just like you are.
You like the idea of me becoming your apprentice, don't you?
What's a runt like you bothering me for?
I want you to teach me to be a scary wolf!
Do me a favor, go back to your meadow and get fat, and in a couple of months I'll have you for dinner!
*Distressed bird chirping*
No!
Stop!
No!
They're broken, all of them
I smashed her eggs!
Oh why did it happen?
Why?
Why do the weak have to die?
It isn't fair!
In order for some to live, others must die.
That is the law of nature.
From the moment of birth, life is one endless struggle and only the strong can survive.
But then what can I do, I don't even have fangs like a wolf so how can I even fight.
I can't do anything to protect myself
Not a thing!
Why do you want to become a wolf?
I couldn't stand it.
They all just sat there in the pasture, too scared to go past the fence.
Too scared to do anything!
I don't want to be killed! I want to be strong!
Good.
Cry and let the anger out.
It is the only way that you are going to grow fangs.
What's that?
Grow fangs?
Yes.
Life deals out few things besides pain.
But from that pain you'll grow sharp strong fangs.
Though, they may not be the kind you can see.
Then I will teach you how to live the life of a wolf.
But it won't be easy, Pipsqueak!
For the world I live in is a hell.
Where death is always close by.
You need stamina.
Determination.
And the will to survive.
I don't care how much it takes!
This is what I want to do.
I know I can.
You'll see!
I will become stronger than a wolf.
Someday, I will defeat even you!
Two years have now passed.
Chirin has changed from a determined lamb
Into a fearsome beast.
So then wolf.
I am no longer a weakling sheep.
Instead of fangs, I have horns which are just as sharp.
My hooves are harder than the rock.
And it has become my nature to fight without fear of death.
I am proud of you Chirin.
You are a fine warrior.
Even I could not turn you aside.
The place of your birth.
Your home.
Home?
Hmpf... home.
The only home I have are the plains where I hunt my prey
Tonight we will make the attack.
Will you be able to go through with it?
Of course I will
*Chirin growls and alarmed sheep*
*Sheep begging*
Momma!
Momma!
Momma!
Oh no! My baby.
No!
No.
I can't.
I can't!
Where do you think you're going, Pipsqueak!?
I can't do it
I knew you wouldn't be able to do it.
This is the last thing I'll teach you.
Killing sheep is something even a weakling can do!
No!
No!
You're not going in there!
No.
No you can't go!
Are you out of your mind, Pipsqueak?
I am a ram!
You are the wolf that killed my mother!
You have learned well.
To turn up like this is the fate of every wolf.
I always knew...
It would be like this.
That I would die in some field at the hands of someone stronger
But I am glad that the one who did it was you, Chirin.
*sheep begging*
Chirin tried to tell the frightened sheep that he had once lived with them in the meadow.
But nobody believed him.
The creature they saw before them was not one of their kind.
Chirin was neither wolf nor sheep
He was an animal which caused only fear.
And terror.
He wouldn't find a home again with the sheep of his childhood.
And without the wolf.
Chirin realized.
He had no home at all.