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Weekly Contest #334
Because Joan is a sheep, it is her instinct as prey that recognizes danger. It comes from the same place as the instinct for food, for sleep, for seeking safety in her flock. It was a prey instinct to recognize the wolf as a threat, peering as it was, from between the bushes with its yellow eyes—but it was not prey instinct that drove her to stand her ground and fight. That was a predator instinct, and it did not belong in sheep. This, however, was not an issue any longer because now, there was a dead wolf lying at her hooves. Joan remembers...
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