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Thanks for the information, Al. It's something I knew in the back of my mind but couldn't manage to pull it out of the vault. I'm sure others will find this information helpful as well.

As far as the mountain lions are concerned, the only reason that I know of as to mountain lions would act that way is if they felt they were protecting their young or possibly had rabies. Any animal affected by rabies will tend to become very aggressive, but I believe wildlife experts would have been able to figure out either of those scenarios, so I'm clueless. Please let me know if someone else is aware of the answer to this situation. As far as your other question, about whether Devin and Mac might become intimate while in other forms, I'm not sure if you just mean human forms or any forms. If you mean human forms, that will be addressed in future chapters, if it hasn't been mentioned already. I'm sorry, but since I rewrote this entire book and moved Mac's going to the reservation sooner than I'd first intended, I've had to move other things around or rewrite them to adjust for the new situation, so sometimes I get confused as to when certain topics were introduced. I have two versions of this story running around in my head and sometimes I'm unable to tell one verson from the other. I hope that answers your question.

Chapter 21 – Mimicking Mowgli. After getting a good night’s sleep and downing a quick breakfast, Devin and I headed out on the trails. “This time I want you to examine the gray wolf just like you did with the black bear yesterday.” Devin kicked off his flip-flops, took off his shorts and underwear, and then transitioned into a handsome wolf with a gray and white coat. It stood passively as I used my hands and eyes to examine it, and one of the first things I noticed was how big it

Another set of guesses as to the authors, with some agreement with the others and some disagreement. Who will do the best and GA's Nobel Prize in Author Identification?

Damn, @Cia takes this Secret Author thing seriously.

Hint, hint @Cia.

My first memory of Fred Gwynne was when he appeared on You Are There as Davy Crockett. My Grandfather was quick to tell me Davy Crockett was under six feet tall and probably the same height he was (5 feet, 8 inches), I realized how miscast Gwynne was at 6 feet, 6inches tall. Then later cast Fess Parker (6 feet, 5 inches tall) was cast by Disney to play Crockett. Then later, John Wayne was cast as Crockett for the film The Alamo, so I guess Crockett's legend made him seem taller than he actually was. However, my favorite memory of Fred Gwynne when I watch him on the old TV show Car 54 Where Are You as Officer Muldoon. He was still married to his second wife when he died, and had four living children from his first marriage at the time of his death, it may have been a family disagreement, possibly over the estate, and that's why his grave has no marker.

Taking the lyrics from the song Ooh La La, "I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger" and add 'I wish I was young again with all of that knowledge.' Even though growing up was sometimes a struggle, as you grow older it doesn't look so bad, and when you start losing the ability to do many of the things you did when you were younger, you - at least I - wish I was young again.

This is interesting, and I already see the @Valkyrie and @chris191070 don't agree of very much. I can't wait to see the other guesses, but since I haven't been reading much, since most of my time is spent laboring through writing my stories, I will not be venturing any guesses. Good luck to those that do.

Thanks, NE, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Trying to provide a little spookiness for Halloween, while also adding a little NE history. lol

Thank you for confirming that for me, NE. It's greatly appreciated.

Thanks, NE. Knowing the readers enjoy my stories makes the effort I put into writing them worth it.

But what should he do if he runs into any bares in the woods?

Many things can be perforated: paper, cardboard, and plastics and metal (such as in many of the devices you use everyday). Bullets and sharp objects can also perforate the human body, although we hope that doesn't occur very often.

Agnosia can result from damage caused by strokes, traumatic brain injuries, or dementia. It's truly a sad and difficult time when you're dealing with someone suffering from this condition, since it can also include the inability to recognize loved ones.

When I was younger, coot was a common term included in westerns. "He's just a foolish old coot." "Don't listen to that old coot." I haven't heard it much since then, especially since my grandfather died, at least until now.

Whine, a prolonged high pitch cry or a noise that resembles it, is not to be confused with wine, an alcoholic drink made from grapes. When considering the two, whine is a noise your child might make when trying to get their way, and wine is something the parents might drink after listening to them.

Anton, thanks for the feedback and I'm pleased I'm not taxing your 'Editor's Eye'. I'm also glad you zeroed in on the mothers' reactions: Devin's mom to them all being skinwalkers and Mac's mom about him being gay. I think they might be typical of the types of reactions the boys might get from their moms in these situations. Those are interesting potential drawbacks to Mac becoming a skinwalker as well and I'm not sure the other readers have even considered such extreme notions, although they are not beyond the realm of possibility. I guess now we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Oh, and don't worry. I'm not bothered by the Johnny come lately readers that don't get to my stories for a while, although they do tend to tax my memory when mentioning details about the stories, since I have so many and some were written so long ago. I only hope you continue reading and enjoying this bit of fantasy.

Actually, I haven't heard this term used since I was growing up. My grandparents would use the word to describe anyone they didn't agree with.

A white rabbit you might have as a pet is different from the rabbits you'd find in the field. I'm sorry if I upset your sensibilities. Yes, Mickey will definitely be upset that Devin is moving away, but I'm sure that's happened to many of us over the course of our lives. We'll just have to wait and see how he gets through it. Thanks for the feedback.

Was your guest speaker an actual code talker, someone who served with them, or just someone who knew about them? I would have found that absolutely interesting. When I was younger, I saw movies staring Audie Murphy, the white Medal of Honor winner, but nothing was ever mentioned about the Navajo Code Talkers or the African American soldiers that did so much to help win the war, from Doris Miller who fought bravely at Pearl Harbor and was the first black to win the Navy Cross, to the Tuskegee Airmen. I haven't yet seen the movie Windtalkers, but now I'll look for it. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thanks, Chris.

Thanks, Danilo, and I'm glad you enjoyed the part about the Code Talkers.

Yes, it's very sad, seeing they were here before any of the rest of us and now they're being treated like second-class citizens. Hopefully, this story will bring some of this to the light for those who don't already know how bad it si.

No, it wasn't easy for them, but thank god they persevered.