He's Coming...

Kichi had plenty of thoughts in his head and perhaps it was all of those revelations that had cut off listening to the dead ghosts.  Perhaps all the revelations in regards to the dead had been enough to shut them up.  Regardless of the reason he had made his way farther north, needing time to really sift through his thoughts.  

There was another thing; for the second time, he had met that strange firefly fellow.  He had warned Kichi of ‘things’ were coming.  Bugs and sky were screaming of it?  The fellow had seemed to like Kichi’s prior gift and perhaps that had helped earn him those bits of information.  The most important part was a warning that he would need to find strength.  Kichi couldn’t imagine how to really ‘prepare’ for what he didn’t understand so would simply react to whatever life threw at him.  Same as ever.

Kichi had never been to these mountains before but exploring it might help clear his mind.  Even as he roamed thinking about Lurid, his parents, life, and the warnings for the future he heard a voice pulling him from the swirl of conflicting thoughts.  From inside the cave, the voice sounded different than he recalled but all it took was scenting the area to know who it was.  There were few wolves he’d spent enough time with to remember their scent.  Relm was one of those few.

Kichi made his way into the cave-den, his eyes focusing in on Relm, and remained quiet a second, furrowed brow watching her.  She was clearly sick the ooze dripping from her was similar to many of the sick prey animals he’d seen.  “Relm,” the wolf whispered her name gently.  There was no tight bond to them but she was one piece of his past that had no bad endings.  Kichi hadn’t experienced the numerous wolves sick with it to be experienced with how viral it was spreading amongst them though it was easy enough to assume it came with the other strange happenings.  

“You need a healer,” which meant finding one which was the one problem when both of them were loners.

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