Am I Still Pretty?

She was in a lot of pain, maybe that should have been obvious?  Kotori had assumed so but had hoped he was wrong.  If he was a fully selfless wolf he’d be there next to her, pressed against her and trying to offer close comfort.  Kotori imagined he wasn’t that selfless as he really didn’t want to risk catching whatever had caused it.  The notion of touching them but Kotori had even cut himself on a dang crystal.  Admittedly Kotori’s knowledge of healing was pretty limited as he’d given up on it early but none of this made sense from what he had learned.

So it again went back to Ikigai being the closest to being right, whether or not she was completely right.  What didn’t make sense logically was probably down this spiritual route she’d explained to him through these few visits.  The horned-boy grimaced at the bite marks she showed him.  Kotori let out a slow sigh, “Things aren’t exactly calm at my pack also.  Plenty of sick wolves there as well.” Looking up at the dark sky, trying to ignore all the unnatural lights from various sources he added softly, “Maybe it's everywhere, all Boreas, all Auster, maybe as far as land goes.” Then looking back to her, “but who knows.

The spirits wanted to tell them something through suffering?  The idea of proving they were all connected seemed to be stretching it but he had doubted her other times and been proven she must have been right. “Well, I’ve got no symptoms so what would that mean?  I’m not connected?” Kotori slowly shook his head, “It doesn’t make any sense to me.” Slowly he sat down close to her but careful not to touch while trying not to make it obvious.  “What can I do?” After a seconds thought added on, “You’re safe at the moment.  I’m here right now.” He was probably more dangerous than most animals right now after all, he was in physically good shape which seemed a rarity.

"Kotori Fatalis"