Broken Soul, Reaching Out
Rudy
10-30-2021, 07:34 PM
Learning to be observant as a pup had paid off well over time. Rudy was sure to keep a quiet, calm disposition, neither demanding answers or shoving too much on her. He’d let Fern sort out whatever emotions or memories were working through her. Waiting paid off eventually and she started speaking.
The notion of being lucky was a funny thing. Sure, he got where she was saying it from but where she was admitting her hardships he was content to just absorb her pains without bothering her with anything he held inside. Fern might think he’d made her pain worse but Rudy knew better. He had cut through an infected wound, opening it so that the poison inside could seep out and let the wound heal properly. It was something he had learned better when mom got sick and after she died. She’d realize it eventually.
Meadow wanting to make the world a better place didn’t seem wrong to Rudy but the way of doing it was one that would bore him. If Rudy had been told he had to do that? Rudy wasn’t going to show it now but a sparkle was in his eye and hidden amusement imagining what he’d do. He would have gone off adventuring anyway. No one told Rudy who or what he’d be. So, Fern had felt she’d had no choice and chained to a future she hadn’t wanted? It would have driven Rudy nuts.
“Mom a mythical figure,” Rudy mused a soft smile thinking back to the times when she’d helped to teach him hunting or fighting. When mom had saved him from the elk herd and chased off the bear with him. Fern didn’t really need his mom anyway. She needed to learn to find strength in herself instead of trying to find others to borrow it from. Resin had taught them how to be strong now Rudy would teach this wolf to be strong.
“A good meal and deep sleep do wonders. In the pack land there will be the protection of my family to make sure you can sleep without having to be ready to wake up if other predators come by. It’s a good start.” Rudy offered a flicker of a smile after that, “then, when you’re feeling better I can give you more adventures than you can keep up with.” He could teach her to hunt if she enjoyed it in fact learning a new skill and working hard would get her past this eventually as well. Not right away, not easily but, with time.
He hadn’t expected it but then Fur’s head was pressed up against his shoulder. He’d definitely broken some of those walls she wanted to hide behind. She went from being so guarded to this? Well, that was good. Rudy let out a slow exhale, laying his chin on her skull gently for a few seconds. Her words broke another small smile, “Sure. I’m glad to have you here,” the words offered with sincerity. Rudy bumped his head against her cheek and continued walking, “C’mon, things will look better soon.”
Rudyard Carpathius
The notion of being lucky was a funny thing. Sure, he got where she was saying it from but where she was admitting her hardships he was content to just absorb her pains without bothering her with anything he held inside. Fern might think he’d made her pain worse but Rudy knew better. He had cut through an infected wound, opening it so that the poison inside could seep out and let the wound heal properly. It was something he had learned better when mom got sick and after she died. She’d realize it eventually.
Meadow wanting to make the world a better place didn’t seem wrong to Rudy but the way of doing it was one that would bore him. If Rudy had been told he had to do that? Rudy wasn’t going to show it now but a sparkle was in his eye and hidden amusement imagining what he’d do. He would have gone off adventuring anyway. No one told Rudy who or what he’d be. So, Fern had felt she’d had no choice and chained to a future she hadn’t wanted? It would have driven Rudy nuts.
“Mom a mythical figure,” Rudy mused a soft smile thinking back to the times when she’d helped to teach him hunting or fighting. When mom had saved him from the elk herd and chased off the bear with him. Fern didn’t really need his mom anyway. She needed to learn to find strength in herself instead of trying to find others to borrow it from. Resin had taught them how to be strong now Rudy would teach this wolf to be strong.
“A good meal and deep sleep do wonders. In the pack land there will be the protection of my family to make sure you can sleep without having to be ready to wake up if other predators come by. It’s a good start.” Rudy offered a flicker of a smile after that, “then, when you’re feeling better I can give you more adventures than you can keep up with.” He could teach her to hunt if she enjoyed it in fact learning a new skill and working hard would get her past this eventually as well. Not right away, not easily but, with time.
He hadn’t expected it but then Fur’s head was pressed up against his shoulder. He’d definitely broken some of those walls she wanted to hide behind. She went from being so guarded to this? Well, that was good. Rudy let out a slow exhale, laying his chin on her skull gently for a few seconds. Her words broke another small smile, “Sure. I’m glad to have you here,” the words offered with sincerity. Rudy bumped his head against her cheek and continued walking, “C’mon, things will look better soon.”