Her brain couldn't seem to process what was going on here but panic rose in her. "How am I a threat?!" She'd yelled out unintentionally. "Communication with outsiders, returning back to the hole with foreign objects, petting that devil mutt. Time and time again you've faulted and were pardoned because of the chief's plea but it shall stand no longer." Another elder spoke. "You are a danger to this tribe and will be cast out." As the severity of the situation began to dawn on her, Terra turned to her father for help but the man said nothing. "Why is communicating with outsiders such a sin. There's so much we could learn from them. They're not dangerous." Her rant was cut short by the elder that spoke first. "You were supposed to get a death penalty." The old lady said. "Your fathe

