playing in the (early) snow

*Mortis* · 01-02-2021, 09:45 PM

It was a relief to be out of the bitter cold, and his toes began to itch as life slowly made its way back into them. At least his much smaller bird-friend was safe and warm. All of them where, now. He was glad he had remembered this small overhang. Keeping his head on his paws, he looked up at Kaiyo with his expressive, colourful features.

“I do,” he said softly, interested in what the other wolf had to say. After that, he fell silent as Hikaru gave him the highlights. Shinobie Where had Mortis heard that word before? It took a moment, and well he contemplated it, the other wolf looked away, as through what he had said was shameful. Not to Mortis, never to Mortis. Hikaru had had the courage to do something Mortis had never been able to bring himself to do.

He reached over, placing his paw over the gentle-eyed yearlings. “That’s incredible, finding the courage to make your own way. Knowing no one outside the world you knew, and doing it anyway. I envy you, Kaiyo. Come back with me, to the Armada. My dad leads there, he’d let you stay.” Especially if Hikaru was a fighter, and he certainly moved with the grace of one. It had been hard not to notice the lean, sinewy build of his legs, his lithe balance, even in the snow. This wolf might be small, but Mortis had no doubt he could give a showing in battle.

He didn’t know why he made the offer, if he saw some of himself in this gentle warrior, or just wanted to look out for someone who had made the plunge. Either way, he hoped Hikaru took his offer. But, before he did, he realised where he had heard the word ‘shinobie’ before. He realised he had to give his friend a heads up, even if it meant he declined the offer. He wouldn’t trick this gentle wolf into something without all the information. “I think one of your people might be living in our sister pack”

"Mortis"

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