my lungs will fill and then deflate

Rudyard · 12-20-2020, 06:57 PM

Rudy had his work cut out for him in choosing to make Tika feel safe and confident. It was going to take time and effort. In his other goals, he saw an easy layout of plans on how to accomplish what he wanted. Sure, he didn’t know how to be a great hunter yet but he knew where to go for help and so he could be confident in the final product. Tika was different. She wasn’t a skill to develop but an individual who needed a different manner of care. Rudy was still confident he could do it but there was a more somber sense to it. If Rudy messed up on a hunt he could just try again. If he made a mistake with Tika it could hurt her.

It was this logic that had him decide not to step up the game and try growling back at her to give her a try. Too much at once and he just knew she’d spook. So while he liked the idea of encouraging with a growl back he instead just kept his happy look nodding, “wow, that’s great. I was betting that was going to be hard. You seem to be doing alright though!”

If he wanted to be master of everything, if he wanted to be able to lead wolves, he had to be able to also lead Tika. She was the start of a big project. Maybe someday he would tell Tika how much she was helping him while she thought it was only Rudy helping her. “Ok, so. Now last part of this before we go to a real spar. You get to lunge in like you are going to attack! I’ll back up to stay out of the way and you can focus on what you are doing. Lots of options of where to attack first.” Rudy paused here as it was going into an area he had less experience on. “Moma is better at telling us the best way of doing it, but just getting an idea of how it feels to lunge at someone is good. Imagine going for my neck or legs or something. Let mom help refine it. I think charging will be good, don’t you?”

Rudy turned so Tika would now be staring at his shoulder, his face turned to watch her. “When you come I’m going back a few strides so you are free to charge full power as you like.” It was a weird concept, and maybe stupid but Rudy wanted her confidence up in these basics. If she was scared to attack the fight wouldn’t go well.

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