“You have to be careful around humans,” Rurek said, his broad shoulders allowing him to easily give a friendly pat. “It’s like going hunting. If you want to catch prey, think like prey. If you don’t want to become prey, think like a hunter. Right now, I don’t understand who is who. I think I stopped living in the moment the very day humans first visited my forge.”
It was a terrible day, to say the least. The worst day of Rurek’s life.