No fear allowed

*Naiche* · 03-15-2021, 06:59 PM

Naiche had always been comfortable with silent companions. That was why he had a silent pangolin companion waiting for him at home after all. Questions and concerns in his mind faded away as he put his mind simply in the ‘now’ which was just walking along with goal of making it home hopefully, if not as far as they could manage. No, home, they could make it home. They had easily made it out there in the day and had plenty of sleep so there was no reason not to easily make the trip back.

Not counting how tired and sore he was and likely Asla even more so. For all he was content in the quiet that didn’t mean he didn’t prefer it still having someone next to him during the walk. Asla’s company was noticed even if they weren’t interacting. When Asla came to a stop Naiche did so also, glancing at her with his first thought concern if something was wrong or if she just needed to rest.

The tap of his paw and her looking down had the gold-coated wolf perplexed. It just wasn’t very Asla-like at the moment. The sincerity in her thanks had Naiche silent in a somewhat different way. He had both no response and too many in his head. The too many included things like saying it was nothing or shoving it off with a laugh, telling her to be more careful next time, a smirk, and say it was about time he did the saving. All went through and tossed aside in the same beat of a heart. He didn’t need the thanks, but it was also too sincere to be flippant over.

Something had to be said! He couldn’t just ignore a statement like that. A more formal response came to mind and was cast aside. Oh, Naiche just gave up on the best answer! “Anytime, though,” a ghost of a smile flickered, “lets aim for both of us not needing our lives saved too often.” Fun and games and close to life-risking scenarios were great but, maybe there was a line they shouldn’t cross. Admittedly maybe he had been a bit of a sap today already. So he kept the thought to himself ‘I’ll always come for you Asla.’ He could mention that another day when he hadn’t been so happy.

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