Did you know? you had to pay gold to battle multiplayer or friendly battles. this is in stark contrast to today, where you get gold for playing and there's even 'gold rush' events at the end of the month. this severely limited playing as it meant that you would have to spend your gold on battles, rather than saving them for upgrades.

the reason that neiterkob's daughter most likely tell the beginnings of the maasai is : to explain the readers the origin of maasai culture

with this explanation, the reader will grasp a better concept about it and not lost in the middle of reading.

                                            (hope this )

i believe it is the first choice (1.)

because the major theme is(“both the wild and civilization have rules.”)

and also as u said,( based on what buck learns within the call of the wild, "both the wild and civilization have rules".this is true of humans within society as well.