The older wolf's smile faded, and her face became hard again.

Though right now, battling this storm and talking to the old wolf were really the last thing he wanted to do.

The old wolf must be smoked out first, he said, and the field cleared for the main work of battle.

If these beings are anything like the old wolves, they?

You said the old wolf would be answered, soon enough.

It would take a day, perhaps several, before he realized the old wolf was never coming back.

Hey, old wolf, I heard a joke you'd like the other day.

And then, as that wary old wolf might have, he took a scent.

He is an old wolf who had the Sight, but it faded.

In the essay, he compared the leadership to an "old wolf" who would never change it ways.