Can't leave me behind!

Walk | "Talk" | think

Kotori had been roaming the pack border and calling it patrolling.  The boys mind had been running over what to make of the situation.  Mom and Azure were dead.  The boy was sure such a thing should be heart wrenching and have him in tears.  Kotori had cried a little but then it had dried up and life seemed to move on.  There was a hollow sort of sense inside of him.  Like something was missing and he should feel something but it wasn’t really there.  He hadn’t seen mom in a while and had assumed her safe and that she would return when done up north.  

Life had moved on.  At first, the den had felt lonelier with her, not in it but then he had accepted it.  Mom wasn’t there to show off his newest accomplishment or make sure he wasn’t getting into trouble.  He had assumed she would return at some point but was alright with things.  Now she was gone forever.  It was a weird feeling.  There was a sense of loss but what was with the more hollow emotion than world-shattering?

While pondering these things he scented where his dad and Tamsyn had both left.  Where were they going?  The boy also spotted dad’s bear walking back into the pack land.  Kotori imagined it had watched them go and then returned.  Once Kotori understood dad had left the boy ran off planning to go as well.  So, how did he get to the hallows pack land now that they had moved?  The answer was having dad’s bear show him the way!

Kotori could follow dad’s scent most of the time but occasionally it seemed to disappear in certain areas.  The bear knew the way through and so it was fine.  No need to take time hunting for the fainter smell.  Dad had made better time than him but Kotori kept going stubbornly.  He wasn’t a small pup anymore and this wasn’t that long of a trip!  At least Kotori was determined to treat it like it wasn’t a long trek.

With only minimum stops along the way Kotori came to the borderlands of the hallows turf and howled out his entrance.  He was going in one way or another but the horned yearling could wait a little while to see if he was invited.  If he wasn’t invited he’d help himself till stopped.  If dad could get in so could he.  Was the boy impatient?  Of course.  The boy was a Fatalis and a Fatalis does what they want.