we don't need no education

Anxiety over strangers had apparently spilled into anxiety talking to strangers. As a child, she had been so open, quick to compliment and chat and adventure. These days, it seemed almost more effort then it was worth to strike up a conversion about the weather. She hated how much this effected her, and wished she could go back to the easy way of things she had had before.

Oh… good. Me too.” she said, eyeing the falls without getting any closer. The male before her was large and she wasn’t comfortable getting into his striking range. When he spoke the name of her pack, she realised she knew exactly where she came from. Was that a good thing, or a bad? It meant he knew she would have a whole pack to back her up, right?

She cast her gaze downwards, trying to calm her racing heart. ‘I… you know dad?”