Still Growing [Shelby]
07-16-2013, 08:01 AM
Flint's ears flicked when he spoke of his home, and she recalled a conversation she had had with another Alacritis wolf not so long ago. A giant forest? Her birth pack's ancestral home was an ancient forest, but it had been lost to a fire before her birth. Ever since, in her wanderings, she had been looking for the type of awe-inspiring stand her grandsire had told her and her siblings of when they were still confined to the den. He describded towering trees, so wide three wolves would have to stand nose to tail to match their width. It had been the story that had birthed and fueled her itching paws, her need to explore. As Tallis spoke, she felt those flames within her grow. Still, it was not in her nature to outwardly show such things, so instead she remarked, "Massive trees, huh? Well, maybe one day I'll have to check it out." One day as in tomorrow, a voice in the back of her head whispered. As Tallis continued to speak, Flint felt a certain growing empathy for the male. He reminded her in some ways of herself. To busy to settle down, too much wanderlust to be content with pack life just yet. If only there was a pack that roamed, instead of stayed in one place for so long. I'd join up in a heartbeat, she mused. Tallis spoke of his life so far and Flint listened with a higher degree of attention, trying to learn as much as she could about this wolf who seemed so kindred to herself. When he was finished, Flint shrugged. "I know what you mean," she said. "For years I've roamed around, looking for any place worth calling home, and Alacritis is the first realm I've found that even has a fighting chance. I just can't stand sitting still, you know? If my scenery is the same two days in a row I get antsy, and that is sad," she joked lightly. It was only recently that she had had any thoughts at all about settling. She was far more used to feeling the relentless pull of the horizon. Speech, Thoughts |