Persius is a woodsman. It is all he knows and all that his father has ever taught him. In some ways, his craft depends on his bond with Chiron. This all changes when Chiron reveals that not only is he not Presius' real father, but that the youth may not be entirely human. This revelation changes many things, but Persius cannot show it to his father. After all, he has been taught a valuable truth about the blood of men...