"I am Blood, if you remember," Karla explained, sitting down on the floor to let the puppies explore her to their hearts' content. "That's why I have my Jewel and can use Craft and whatnot. That's what being Blood is. But being Blood isn't restricted only to humans and other humanoid races, certain species of animals can be Blood, too. They're bigger than their powerless counterparts, smart as humans, and have Craft." She gave him a wry smile. "You should have seen the look on certain people's faces when they realized that there were bigger wolves out there, as smart as they were, and capable of making sight shields to hide behind."

Karla was a bad person to enjoy those reactions so much.

"Scelties are a breed of dog that has both Blood and landen members. And the Blood Scelties have been teaching the landen ones how to take care of troubled humans."