The village continued to buzz with excitement; the news of a coming arrival had spread quickly and they were all anticipating the shifter. It meant another had been tracked down and rescued before worse happened to them because few non-shifters kept an open mind. Generally, shifters were either killed or in the very least locked up.

Moving quickly through the village, he waited at the gates for the pairing to show. The case worker warned them the shifter had been through some very rough and peculiar times. Nothing they couldn't handle in their advanced Wakanda.

But he hoped the shifter would not resist having to stay in the unfamiliar village and have to be subdued.