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"It's only because of the unknown," Leo said and moved closer to Shizan. "I feel comfortable around Shizan. But if I don't know something--like what you were talking about--I get scared as do the majority of my kind."

Leo hoped that Shizan's father would find him suitable for Shizan. He was already pregnant with Shizan's kits and he didn't want to have to leave Shizan while pregnant or even after the kits are born. He didn't want to leave the kits without a mother nor did he want to have to give birth to them all alone somewhere else in the forest.