Tree house masters
Kai
01-06-2020, 08:24 PM
It was hard to truly shake the agitation from his mind. Kai felt alarmingly like a fruit that had slowly began to rot, its sweetness slowly turning sour - though her reactions seemed to slow him from turning too quickly. "Perhaps," the tusked giant sighed, perhaps a bit too wistfully for his own taste. He wondered, briefly, what an existence would be if he could in fact conquer trees - in any sense of the word. Physically toppling trees didn't sound appealing to him, but scaling them? Could any wolf even climb these redwoods? Slowly he tipped his head skyward, examining the lowest hanging branches for a moment. The freedom of such a life was appealing, but he truly believed he belonged on solid ground - even swimming had never been terribly appealing to him, and the sea certainly didn't elicit pleasant thoughts for him either.
"Of course trees have souls," he replied, just as lazily. There was conviction in his beliefs, but the beauty of his own spirituality was that it didn't matter to him whether or not anyone else bought into it. Like he gave a damn what anyone thought about much of anything, let alone what was going on inside his head. Briefly his silver stare fell to her, curious as she too gazed high into the treetops. "Half the fun of climbing is the fear of falling, don't you think?" Okay, maybe he was a bluffing a bit there. That sort of overwhelming thrill was something he sure longed for lately.. but while he could be a daredevil when he wanted to be, he knew better than to jump blindly into grave danger. He valued his life far too much for that.
"There's a pack to the east of here. Why do you care?" Kai raised a brow, curious but still far from combative. It didn't matter if she wanted to cause them trouble. He was merely a temporary visitor there, as far as he was concerned.. one who was still grappling with what to do about his current predicament. Thus far it was keeping him vaguely entertained though he wondered still of Akna had been right when he'd sought out her advice. "Name's Kai, by the way, since a woman of so many questions will surely ask that one eventually," his tone lightened slightly as he, too, lowered himself to his hindquarters and let his front paws stretch out beneath him.
"Of course trees have souls," he replied, just as lazily. There was conviction in his beliefs, but the beauty of his own spirituality was that it didn't matter to him whether or not anyone else bought into it. Like he gave a damn what anyone thought about much of anything, let alone what was going on inside his head. Briefly his silver stare fell to her, curious as she too gazed high into the treetops. "Half the fun of climbing is the fear of falling, don't you think?" Okay, maybe he was a bluffing a bit there. That sort of overwhelming thrill was something he sure longed for lately.. but while he could be a daredevil when he wanted to be, he knew better than to jump blindly into grave danger. He valued his life far too much for that.
"There's a pack to the east of here. Why do you care?" Kai raised a brow, curious but still far from combative. It didn't matter if she wanted to cause them trouble. He was merely a temporary visitor there, as far as he was concerned.. one who was still grappling with what to do about his current predicament. Thus far it was keeping him vaguely entertained though he wondered still of Akna had been right when he'd sought out her advice. "Name's Kai, by the way, since a woman of so many questions will surely ask that one eventually," his tone lightened slightly as he, too, lowered himself to his hindquarters and let his front paws stretch out beneath him.
