Between Earth and Gods Part 2

Chapter 3: To protect their truth and innocence

Reckless Boy: - You know, you are quite a storyteller and a good liar. Do you expect me to believe such a story?

Older Boy: - Believe what you wish it's the truth ...

An incomplete story ... some pieces of information were withheld to not alarm towards the truth he is hiding and of course protect the mental stability of both the storyteller and the listeners, an obvious side effect being loss of story credibility.

Reckless Boy: - Oh common, do you want me to believe a pack of wild animals could organize such a massive attack on a prey that isn't even a part of their menu? How many were they?

Reckless Boy: - 20-30... I know 60. Oh, and you forgot the part where they threw rocks and branches to distract you.

As ridiculous as it sounds that happened a couple of times.

Reckless Boy: - You know what I believe? You are a coward, you are afraid, you were caught off guard by a couple of wolves and you flourish the story to hide your cowardness. You are too afraid to get out there anymore and you are hiding it behind a rational lie ... a 20–30-member pack of wolves how ridiculous can that be?

He is whispering, in a taunting manner, his teeth gritting in hatred, but the older boy isn't taunted by his words, because he has life under his care he can't afford to act on feelings, he must stay rational.

Fat Boy: - What's so ridiculous to believe that a pack of 20-30 members of wolves can be out there in the forest, if humans have reached several billions all over the world, I believe that even wolves can easily reach twice or even 3 times the value you thought and only within a pack. To be honest, I believe his story, there is nothing dubious about it, and in that chaos, he couldn't possibly notice all around him, and he never did tell how many wolves there were you only assumed that number.

The reckless boy looks surprised at the fat boy, with a look that almost says: 'You were supposed to be on my side.'

Fat Boy: - Most people underestimate animal intelligence, but they have enough intelligence to communicate with each other at a primitive level, and they are perfectly capable of organizing within a pack or for an attack, they even have their pack leaders. Wolfs are canines or canids and canines are considered as 2nd in intelligence after mammals, not to mention some animals are more intelligent than others. They may organize in smaller groups to hunt better, they may use howls to say where their prey is, or where is it going, and thinking about that I find it possible that one howl can be the signal for a suicidal attack, if from the pack leader. There is no way to know how far the intelligence of an animal can reach, and what exactly that means, I find nothing ridiculous in his story so far.

Reckless Boy: - Oh common, why attack them if not planning to eat them or why suddenly retreat, I think he ran out of lies so he simply added that, for a happy ending ...

Fat boy: - Have you ever watched animal documentaries?

Reckless Boy: - Not really ...

Fat Boy: - I once saw a documentary, where a wolf pack grew too big, and soon enough their territory wasn't big enough to ensure enough food for all of them so they had no choice but to extend their territory, since most predators are territorial, they soon had to face a pack of jackals. This is how I realized how intelligent some animals can be, either sneak attacks, full-on attacks, or occasional battles for prey, they eventually forced the jackals to quit some of their hunting grounds, but what surprised me was the way they did things, tactful, calculated, they only wanted to weaken the pack and only killed a few jackals to serve as a warning, but neither side killed or attacked, cubs, females the old, or those unwilling to fight. Both sides had their losses but the side with more casualties had no choice but to retreat and keep safe their remaining members. Even the documentarist said this situation was exceptional in the animal kingdom. I believe Virgil's situation was similar...