she knew in the way some things in life are just are just known. the air seems to shimmer just right. the stars shine a peculiar color. the moon seems solemn. your body aches and your mind is restless. yes she knew. she could see the signs and hear the beasts of the forest whisper. someone was coming. coming for her. maybe all the rumors, talk, and gossip from the village had been turned from a curse to a blessing. she did not want to get ahead of herself but all the same she would prepare herself. maybe it was time. maybe her student had arrived. maybe, finally, she would pass her knowledge to someone who could truly understand her ways. the ways she had always lived by, since a young child. the ways that had been taught to her. she thought of her childhood, running through the maze like forests, roaming the peaks of sacred mountains. listened to the wind as it caressed the top of rivers. most of all she remembered the magic she had been taught. magic is what they called it and she called it that still. not that it had any resemblance to any magic normally thought of when the word is mentioned. and with her whole soul and heart, she thought of her teachers. her family. her wolves.

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