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"Hmph, if you perform well, I wouldn't rule out considering it," Tear Flesh said casually.
"Now get out and do your job, and if you botch things up again, I'll take your head! Let your rotting body become a part of the Skeleton Army, continuing to serve the glorious cause of the Wolf People."
Hog was so frightened that he shuddered again and then limped away from Tear Flesh's territory with a face full of submission.
As he watched the crippled wretch leave, a hint of cruelty flickered across Tear Flesh's mercurial, shadowy face. Had it been in line with its former temper, someone like Hog who was more trouble than they were worth would have been thrown into the pit of the undead to be turned into a walking corpse as a warning of the consequences of failure to the others.
However, Tear Flesh was currently experiencing a very complex mix of emotions.