Understanding Does Not Presage Peace - Chapter 20 (Patreon)

I'm sure most of you saw this coming.

Also, I was taken in by the 'd'aaaw' stratagem, unfortunately. Apparently, while other animals might take shelter in their dens, wombats don't actually actively rescue other animals during fires, so I corrected that bit in Chapter 19.

Yay for the 'mercy is exclusively human with very few isolated exceptions' thing being even more correct than he thinks, I guess?