"So they can use these all the time?"

"No, you need blocks of ice and batteries. In the winter, they can be used, but outside of that they aren't as good. There is some value to wearing them, but most of the wolves prefer to fold them up and return them in their light packs. They stay farther apart and move fast, that way an airstrike or Predator drone can't take out more than one at a time."

Shit, there was a lot going on here, I thought. "So are we winning?"

Craig laughed. "I don't think anyone is winning right now. The larger Packs have been herded into exclusion...