Later, he will remember his reasoning behind going to the city: he may be wolf, but he has man in him as well, and man belongs in cities, does he not? For five days out of thirty he takes on the form of a man, so why not walk amongst humans and shrug off the mantle of the wolf for that brief period when he can fit in amongst people who won't immediately sense that he is different.

Later, he will know what it is like to speak with a human mouth using human words, instead of howling to the moon or communicating in the barks and growls that is the language of the wolf. Later, he will speak to people, and they won't know that he is anything but a rather tall, muscular young man with odd yellow eyes and pointed canine teeth.

Later, he will know what it is like to love someone he can only really be with five days out of thirty, and he will curse the moon each time it wanes and takes his love from him again.

Later, he will know these things.

Now, there is only the moon and the night and the chase.