[There's a long moment where Ushahin thinks of ripping into the boy's mind anyway, tearing at him and leaving him for the spiders to deal with. But no. When two wolves of equal strength back off in the wild, they don't immediately wait for another opportunity to attack each other. Neither does the half-man. He backs away from Ronan, letting the insolent little whelp take off. Their paths will cross eventually. Of this, he has no doubt.]
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