Do you believe in Ice or Fire
Joe
06-08-2021, 01:02 AM
Kumiho snickered again when Kitsune teasingly threatened to leave him to starve and/or freeze, knowing she was just pushing his buttons. She scampered off then, calling back for him to remember his promise. He would. Iho never broke a promise. If there was one rule he never broke, skirted, or bent, it was that one. His word was his bond, whether it was given to a beggar or a king, a pup or an elder. He waved Kitsune off, watching the small black dot of a pup disappear over the river and run back into what she described as Ashen territory. Now all alone, Kumiho looked around the place he was in, somewhere between the swamplands and the shore. Warm summer sun streamed down through the canopy of leaves overhead, both warming and the shade cooling him simultaneously. He didn't know how long Kit would be gone, but he just couldn't keep his eyes open anymore.
Resting his head back down on the soft grass, Kumiho stretched out his aching muscles with a satisfied groan and closed his eyes, sealing out the world in favor of darkness. Somewhere between his relaxing and inner thoughts, Iho fell fast asleep.
Iho was awoken from his slumber by someone shouting for him. The young wolf woke from his nap with a start, peering all around the clearing. Across the river, he could just make out the shape of Kitsune calling to him from the other bank. Rising up to his paws slowly, Kumi walked with aching muscles closer to the river. He couldn't put a lot of weight down on his injured leg, so he mostly limped as he walked. Kit was barely recognizable almost smothered beneath a giant sheet of shaggy fur. The sight brought an amused smile to the boy. "Uh, I do, but it would take a day to gather the materials and another to built it," he called back to her. He grinned when he realized the pup's entire problem was that she was just a little too short to carry all her supplies over the stream without soaking them. "Hang on, I think I have an idea."
Having reached his full height last season, Kumiho was easily able to step into the cool, flowing water and walk across the riverbed through the shallow stream without fear of the water coming too high on him. He knew Kitsune had crossed the stream on her own, so she could make it, but the supplies would be a different story. Fortunately, he had enough height to take them both across without them getting wet. Navigating the stream was a little more difficult than normal, but Iho managed it even with his limp from his right hind leg. When he arrived at the other side, only the lower portions of his legs wet, he dropped down to present his back to the little Abraxas princess.
"All aboard, Princess Kitsune!" he said with a smile. He could carry the fur blanket at the very least so their supplies wouldn't get wet while they crossed individually, but why not offer her a personal ferry ride while he was at it?
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