I’ve come to realize that Virgil is regaining his confidence in Canto 12. For example, at the start of the Canto, both Virgil and Dante meets the Minotaur, Crete: Virgil, with annoyance shouts at the Cretin to leave or else he faces punishment, ”Get thee gone, beast, for this one cometh not/ Instructed by thy sister, but he comes/ In order to behold your punishments.” (Alighieri 19-21).  Furthermore, When Crete goes insane with rage and charges towards to them, Virgil takes lead and instructs Dante to dodge pass Crete while he is distracted by his wrath,  “Run to the passage;/ While he wroth, ’tis well thou shouldst descend.”(Alighieri 26-27). It is evident that Virgil is no longer that person who faced defeat at the entry of Dis (Canto 8). Virgil goes as far as to boasts upon outsmarting Crete, “Thou art thinking/ Perhaps upon this ruin, which is guarded/ By that brute anger which just now I quenched.” (Alighieri 31-33). Furthermore, as they continue with their journey, Virgil and Dante encounters a group of Centaurs with bows and arrows demanding an explanation about their presence, to which Virgil, again with confidence and bravado states, “Our answer will we make/ To Chiron, near you there; in evil hour,/ That will of thine was evermore so hasty.”  (Alighieri 63-35). Here Virgil takes a stand: he will not budge until he speaks to Chiron. This whole Canto, in my opinion has a hidden theme, which is reclamation. Virgil is now becoming a true leader, a proper guide. Up until now, Virgil had helped Dante through the first five circles of Hell, and that does merit trust, but with this new confident assertive Virgil; Dante feels assured and sheds any doubts that he has accumulated from Virgil’s previous failed actions.