He’s ready.
Zayn has been training the boy for months now, setting him at first on small creatures and working all the way up to larger and more feisty creatures, like elk, coyotes and wolves. It hasn’t always been easy sailing - Siberian is still a boy after all - but ever so slowly, the young colt has been turned into a most effective weapon.
And now it’s time to try his effectiveness on something that isn’t an animal. Something that matters.
Something he’s wanted to set the boy on for quite some time now.
He calls out for the boy, and waits for him in their usual meeting place near the fiery tree. He appraises the boy as usual as he approaches (growing still, day by day) and remains silent for a moment as the boy stops in front of him.
“I have a task for you Siberian. A very important task.” He’s been considering his approach for some time now and he’s come to the conclusion that he must go with a lie. “There is a mare. A very evil mare that has been plotting to hurt the Chamber with her powers. Our queen Straia has weakened her, but Straia has been injured and cannot finish her off. We need your help.” He pauses for just a moment, letting the boy absorb the information. “In your bear form you are stronger and faster than the rest of us. You can slip in to the cave in which she is recovering, and take her out before she has the chance to hurt anyone else. A situation like this is everything I have been training you for.” The boy may have an inkling that it is a lie, but if Zayn knows anything about youth, he knows that Siberian will want to believe it. Will want to believe that there’s been a reason for all that’s happened to him, and that he can do some good in the end.
And in the end, if Zayn is wrong, well, he’ll just have to improvise and find another more … creative way to convince the boy.
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