Looking ahead

Naiche stood near the north-eastern border of the grass plains, head lowered as he lapped at the water from the river. Once his thirst was satiated the yellowish-brown wolf sat down looking across the river at the land beyond, and from there back down to the river as a sparkle of silver caught his eye.  A silver fish was swimming by, and another after that.  The notion of catching one sounded good, the probability of it less likely.  He could try just for the sake of it but Naiche didn't feel ready to waste his energy on it.  Conserve his energy for something he could catch or for anything to be done with this pack.  Naiche was determined to show well from the beginning!

Showing well from the beginning might be hard.  Truth was Naiche knew he was nothing special yet.  The main thing he had to show was his determination and drive to better himself.  The average size wolf was in a pack with at least a few giants from what he could tell and Naiche would not let them see him as some weakling.  Naiche needed to get to know the others in the pack, make connections to strengthen his ability to work with them as a team and to make sure they also had the right mindset.  Abilities hardly mattered if you lacked the desire to work hard.  Naiche was young and inexperienced but he would give no one respect who did not deserve it.

Naiche drank a bit more water, feeling the warmth of the sun against his back then turned to walk back further into the pack's turf.  Sitting by a lake thinking of what he should do would be worthless without action. Today would be useful in one way or another.