Long-Tooth started to yell, he said that humans were evil and cruel. They would hunt us down and slaughter us if they knew where we were. If they discovered us, he said, we would have to kill them. The only reason we were hiding was because the people coming here were children, and there was enough trouble because I had changed so young. He looked at me coldly as he told me that it was simply more convenient than murdering my sister and friends. I began to cry.

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