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Haken hadn't liked it, but between your suggestion and Jolon's insistence that it was the only way to win, the brute had conceded that a standoff would most likely end in failure. "Taking the less honorable path," he had said, "would be frowned upon by the Great Spirit. But without us, he would have few left to worship him. I think we may be forgiven this act of cowardice." You'd never taken much stock in Haken's religion, but enough of the pack at least pays lip service to the spirits of your ancestors that you're relieved to get him on board. As a group, you push back the humans with renewed effort, forcing them onto the defensive so they will be ill prepared to attack your backs as you flee. As you suspected (or more accurately, as you hoped), the soldiers are initially confused by yo
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