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Possibly more peaceful. [Except for the wolves who hated him for teaching control and getting the wolves from rabid to control and the poachers who wanted them for all the mystical properties they came with naturally and sickos who wanted them for the delicacy of their meat and the military who thought they were hiding and aiding terrorists, aka Slayers. Yep, peaceful.]
Survival, fighting, lots of ways to do both. [Even meditating.]