A Great, Wide World of Wonder
01-02-2018, 11:32 PM
"Jus' a tad," he confirmed, shrugging. As the girl glanced at the feline who seemed to be the acting adult here and recieved no help, he figured he'd not push it or let 'Rielle be tempted to either. If they ended up friends they could just hang out when she got bigger, right? So no worries, then. "It's allright though, I don't mind ta' much. Probably best for you to be up there, huh?" Wagging his tail gently, he hoped she'd be content with the arrangement. Plus they hadn't been talking too long so his neck wasn't aching quite yet. That's happen eventually though. He nodded at her words and breathed out a sigh, "Tell me about it. Some of 'em are great, really, but then there's the one's that go 'n ruin the world for the rest of us." He shook his head, meeting with his uncle still weighing on his mind. He wondered if Cerberus treated strangers kids the same as he'd treated Amos. Probably. If he couldn't be nice for family he'd be an ass to everyone. "But, so far from what I've seen most wolves are nice. Or just wanna be left alone is all." he shrugged. His upbringing must have been so very much different from hers. He nodded in understanding. He'd be a bit nervous to have to go meet lots of strangers if it were him. But he would also recover quickly. He liked being the center of attention, it could be really fun. "Wise words, indeed. Probably would help to think of things in a positive light too. When you get scared, just thinking of why what you gotta do is important, or a good thing. Makes stuff easier for me when I gotta do something that makes me nervous." He paused, smiling hopefully at her and wondering if what he said might be helpful in some way. "Well, you've got plenty of time, though, right? I think you'll do fine, you seem pretty smart, and if your da's the best then he'll do the best possible job of teaching you so you got nothin' to worry over!" He slipped into a bow, tail swinging and smile encouraging. She seemed like a real good kid, he hoped she would sit and stew over silly worries about things she needn't worry about. That'd be no fun at all. He pricked his ears as she described her home, listening with interest. Flopping onto his side and gazing up at her he commented, "Sounds pretty! Can't say I've ever seen such a thing in my life. I lived in a den dug under a tree. It was okay. Sometimes dirt fell on my head." he chuckled at the memory. The old den had been an interesting piece of work. Mara did the bare minimum to make it habitable. Gosh, all these memories of home were gunna make him sad at this rate, he better quit. He grew quiet for a moment at her question, not really sure how to answer her just yet. He supposed it was funny that he'd struggle to put it into words when this had been a subject heavily weighing on his mind lately. "Yes and No. I mean I'm a pretty good hunter so getting by okay by myself isn't really an issue for me, at least not yet and now that we're going into spring it'll be better. I'd be lying if I said it didn't get lonely though. My brothers both went off in their own directions when we all turned a year, and I haven't seen my parents or... surrogate grandfather. So, basically I spend lots of time by myself. That gets a bit lonely. It's a big world out there so there's no guarantee you'll even run into anybody to talk to for long periods of time, you know?" He was a pretty social creature, he liked having someone around to talk to so being alone sort of sucked. What could he do, though? Walk. "Speak!" "Think." |