The bounty hunter watches the big minotaur with the silver rings in his horns pass him with just a bit of trepidation and wonder. The Brute carries two wolf bodies. One on each shoulder. He follows the near monstrous creature at a safe distance.
The minotaur neatly lies the bodies down by the fire at the local campsite. He then sits down crossing his legs, back against one of the sitting logs and places the palm of his hand on one of the wolves shoulders. The bounty hunter cautiously walks to the log circle round the fire and sits down across from brute.
The first thing he sees is that the other's eyes look to be staring into the fire and seem to be completely unfocused. The minotaur is wearing simple clothing made of cotton or cotton like material. Taking a chance the hunter walks up to the beast and slowly waves his hand in front of it's eyes. There is no reaction. The minotaur is hardly even breathing. Curious the bounty hunter goes back to his seat and waits to see if the black giant falls over or comes out of whatever trance he has succumbed too.
He checks his merchandise wagon several times and places more wood on the fire. While waiting. The minotaur finally comes out of his state of mind takes a water skin and drinks deeply from it. He looks over to the bounty hunter and holds out the skin in offering.
Not wanting to offend the bounty hunter takes the skin and drinks finding it is indeed only water. He is slightly disappointed, "Thank you. You're a strange sight for these parts?"
The minotaur accepts the skin back takes another drink and snorts, "I must seem strange. I see no other bull since coming to Ansalon. Kadesh is my name, stranger."
"Daniel, Say what you planning to do with these wolves? Pelts don't look damaged at all."
"I think I burn them with honors after I have understanding of them."
"...……..Right. I don't quite get what you mean."
The minotaur snorts again, "May I ask questions?"
"Ah sure. What the hells. You seem like a good enough fellow."
"I don't have much knowledge of wolves. They attack me. I am looking to understand why they attack me. These wolves they travel as family not twos. If I understand?"
"usually around 8 to 20 in a pack. We call them packs not family."
"So why only two. And why attack a minotaur. We are much bigger and stronger than they. Normally it would take 4 maybe 5 to bring one of my people down?"
He looks over to the wolves, "Well that is a good question. I don't know either."
"I meditate on this. and look at wolves. There are many ticks and flees on skin. Fur I wear fur sometimes this fur it doesn't feel right feels old, patchy. You know of wolves? Maybe know more than me?"
The bounty hunter stands and feels one of the wolves fur and looks back to the big fellow nodding, "I know this its called distemper by us. Their fur falls out. They get lethargic and die. There is no cure if a dog gets it."
The minotaur nods to him, "I think this while meditating. Best I can understand is wolves know they die soon. Pack throws them out so not to taint others. These two seek honorable death and find me. therefore they die honorably not wasting away by painful death. This is what I see in meditation. So will burn them with honors. I think Emperor would be pleased by this."
"I thought minotaurs lived in clans. I never heard of an Emperor?"
The minotaur laughs, "Emperor is not a minotaur. Emperor is one of the gods my clan follows. He is god of warfare but warfare with point to find peace. You humans know this god. You call him...…… Kiri-Jolith I think. Is bison god son of great dragon.
The bounty hunter raises and eyebrow, "Well what do you know. A good minotaur clan? What are the odds of that?"