I was definitely touched by how Jack had leapt willingly in front of me and Euphie. It was a comical sight, actually. She and I were each in charge of one raudsu, while he was dragging the five others behind him as he walked. There was barely any space between us for his enormous burden, and yet he had leapt in front of us, eager to protect us from the danger that loomed. If I had ever had any doubts about his sincerity, they were all gone now.
His move turned out to be prescient. Seconds later, a terrifying, deafening howl burst out of the woods in front of us, heralding the presence of the mysterious mutant that had killed all these raudsu so easily. Even though the raudsu looked very much like a wild boar or a domesticated pig, I knew that their size and their sharp tasks made them ver
