02-05-2023, 10:49 PM
The silence that surrounded him was not missed. There were no field birds singing. No indications of life other than himself, and a distant shadow that he thought might be another wolf. For a while he moved with the acknowledgement that he was the scary predator that set the hush over the steppes.
Ultimately he moved close enough to see the cream and auburn form ahead of him. Her undersides decorated with a cream soft enough to be his own. She was picking at a bird. A grouse, he thought, though knowing the nature of different birds was not his strongsuit. The striped feathers were all he really saw from his approach.
Perhaps it was a good day, or perhaps it was the cream that pervaded most of her coat, but today he was going to be good. Wouldn't Ayla be proud of him, if he was good? He could be a good man. A kind mand. He didn't have to do bad things. And so as he grew closer to the short wolf he only raised his tail and head some, grinning as if she might be a dear friend and not a stranger that had piqued his interest.
"Hmmm... any to share?" he inquired slowly, as if he must be careful with his words.
Ultimately he moved close enough to see the cream and auburn form ahead of him. Her undersides decorated with a cream soft enough to be his own. She was picking at a bird. A grouse, he thought, though knowing the nature of different birds was not his strongsuit. The striped feathers were all he really saw from his approach.
Perhaps it was a good day, or perhaps it was the cream that pervaded most of her coat, but today he was going to be good. Wouldn't Ayla be proud of him, if he was good? He could be a good man. A kind mand. He didn't have to do bad things. And so as he grew closer to the short wolf he only raised his tail and head some, grinning as if she might be a dear friend and not a stranger that had piqued his interest.
"Hmmm... any to share?" he inquired slowly, as if he must be careful with his words.