if you wanna get out alive
08-23-2020, 03:45 PM
Naiche didn’t bother trying to keep up with her. His eyes kept track of her as she got farther ahead in such a wide open landscape, and even if somehow she got out of sight his nose and ears would keep track. The young wolf expected she would run in a straight line as fear rarely allowed for logic to consider alternate directions.
Whenever she started to slow he’d be ready to catch up to her. “Going to run until you pass out? Then you really will be caught,” the sharp tone of disgust in his voice. “Stop, or whatever is chasing you will have you.” One thing was for sure, someone as cowardly as this had no place in his pack. Still, so long as it didn’t put him in serious danger he could at least try to put some sense into her. “You say you can’t fight? You have teeth and claws. All you need is a sliver of courage and you can fight.”
This would be a great place to stop and hunt. The scent of prey littered this place including smaller prey he could hunt alone. “Likewise, if you can’t run you can’t hunt and if you can’t hunt you die.” These facts seemed obvious to Naiche, why weren’t they obvious to her? He could offer to watch over her for a little while and let her rest but he didn’t particularly feel like it at the moment. She was weak, and sometimes the weak died. This wolf would have to prove she was more than what he saw now for his help to that extent. If she was nothing more than what he saw then let her be another carcass to litter the land. The vultures would be grateful.