Author's Note: My third post within an hour or so- it must be a new record! Anyway, here's a Dan-centric drabble dealing with both the old Dan we know and love and the new Dan that we weren't quite so happy to meet in the new series.

He remembered someone- a teacher, a former au pair, who it was didn't matter- telling him the story of a wise Indian telling his grandson about two wolves raging in battle within his heart. He understood that completely now.

There was the good wolf, his old self: happy, carefree, lighthearted, always ready with a joke or clever remark.

And the new, bad wolf: bitter, jaded, dark, desperate enough to be dangerous… and not only to his enemies.

"Which one wins?" the grandson asked. The reply: "The one you feed."

But the fight against the Vespers was feeding the bad one….

Author's Note: I think that sums up my worries for Dan in a neat, 100-word package. Hope you enjoyed!... Well, not that anyone probably enjoys what Dan may be becoming, but you know what I mean... :/

~Lily