Part II The Road of Trials, Chapters 16-17 Summary

As soon as Jack jumps into the Territories, he is bowled over. He appears to be in the midst of a cattle-like herd of animals that look a mixture of cows and sheep. he hears a voice shouting at them to move and sees, trying to clear a path through the animals a herdsman that looks exactly like the Elroy-thing.

Jack is terrified of the things as it approaches him and seizes his hand, but sees quickly that the large hairy man-thing is not Elroy. It pumps Jacks hand and introduces itself, in a simplistic way as Wolf or the family of Wolfs. The creature appears to be harmless, and only a few years older than Jack, although he is considerably bigger. Wolf tells him unconcernedly that he is...