"When Governor Morphy told me he had a 'civilized' pack of Wolf People under his command, I thought he was romanticizing the facts, but it turned out he was just stating the plain truth," said Professor Malcolm as he placed the venison in his plate and lit his dwarven-style pipe. He puffed away in the evening breeze and glanced at his children playing with a group of young Wolf People under his wife's watchful eye, then he whimsically asked:
"Don't you think that Chieftain Hog and his tribe are just putting on an act of enthusiasm to lull you into a false sense of security, only to tie you up and roast you over a fire as a midnight snack once you fall asleep?"
"Unlikely,"
Colonel Fraser shook his head as he said:
"I've been in intelligence work for ten years, and even though my understanding of the Wolf People's habits comes from books, I can tell the difference between genuine goodwill and feigned goodwill.
