Hill himself could never be like Old Cat, able to sit at home and watch no matter how exciting things got outside.
Whenever he came across something he genuinely wanted to see, he could never resist going to watch it in person... How could anyone else's perspective possibly suit his tastes so perfectly?
Yet Old Cat had remained unmoved even during the most exciting period of Toril's Path of Fate.
Of course, perhaps the strange, varied cats of every shape and kind in the territory had captured his heart.
Although his only contracted companion was that fattest, laziest, and most cunning old cat, the other little cats also loved wandering around the town to watch the excitement.
Not many Catfolk were willing to form contracts with outsiders. They would rather never leave Hill's valley.
So, although they would also hear the call of those remnants embedded in their bloodlines once their abilities surpassed a certain limit, as long as they remained within the protection of that World Tree branch, they would not truly be affected.
Other animals could do the same. Even if they did not stay in Hill's valley, they could live near the Earth Temple or the Earth Bear territory.
The Earth Bear territory in particular had an extremely wide range of influence.
However, that required those Magical Beasts to live under someone else's protection. Many Magical Beasts were naturally fond of freedom and power. Once they had claimed a region for themselves, it was difficult for them to give everything up and hide somewhere safe just because they discovered they might mutate.
In any case, the remnants' call only made those Magical Beasts regard Elves as enemies and slaughter every other race they encountered. Some Magical Beasts simply did not care about that.
They felt they would