All the time Nanook had expected her to pay close attention to him. In fact, he had almost required her to do so. These were all lessons that he was teaching in a very dangerous and exciting outdoor classroom. Instinct covered much of what she had to learn, but mimicry of his advanced motions was going to be an excellent teacher on top of that.<br/><br/>While Nanook had been a higher-ranking wolf indeed, he had given her the signal to go ahead. The same wolfish instincts that made her recognize the pecking order would, hopefully making her realize that the time to attack was now.<br/><br/>Wolves could indeed outrun the humans. While he realized he had to take some prey here, he didn't need it nearly as much as she had. Besides, this was all supposed to be a learning experience for her.<br/><br/>In spite of this, he was supposed to be a higher-ranking wolf, and that meant he definitely needed to be there. He had to take his place in the hunt as well. Pinning the next individual to the ground, he tore straight into the pitiful mortal human's throat without much difficulty.<br/><br/>Prey had little say in the way that predators used them, and these victims were being taught a lesson that was very permanent indeed. They weren't going to ever wake up from this. That meant that the city was going to be a little safer.<br/><br/>More importantly, though, Marissa was going to be just a little bit more of an animal. Each time she would become more of a beast. Regardless of whatever extra person might have lived inside of her before, things were different now.<br/><br/>What lived inside of her was anything but another person.