A Quick Nap

It seemed he’d broken the younger wolf from her nap, as soon enough a soft voice called out, with the slosh of water and scattering drops. Cairo came to a stop, turning back to look with his typical smile – gentle, genuine – deep sapphire eyes curious as he took her in.

Hope, shame. Though her fur had been fluffed out from the shake she’d given herself, it was still easy to see she was less sleek and more along the lines of thin, and he could guess that she was hungry. Gently, his bi-chocolate tail swayed at his hocks, and he gave an unoffended tilt of his head.

“You’re no bother, Lady. I hope I didn’t disturb your rest. What do you need?”

Slowly, he lowered himself, settling on his belly like a sphynx, putting them on a level with each other, and removing the need for the woman to crane her neck, and the sense of his height looming. His hind legs remained tucked beneath himself, ready to spring if she, for some reason, turned the tables and attacked him, but his initial read of her temperament didn’t suggest she’d be either desperate or dumb enough to try him, an armored pack wolf with two companions with him, one being a monkey with a hard stick.

He also hoped it would remove some pressure from her, showing that he was willing to hear her out and wasn’t in a hurry.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think