I Don't Find Trouble, Trouble Finds Me!

Chade was a brave little pup and he already had a grave understanding of responsibility for another life as he cares for his brother.  He was still a puppy though when it all came down to it.  A stranger coming in to protect them, telling them to run, and then his brother trying to get back into the fight was a lot to decide how to handle and more so when there was a pissed-off bear to deal with.

Chade felt they should leave but his stupid brother was taking that out of the picture.  Chade growled at the bear when it tried to hurt his brother and ran to bite at its front leg.  Eyes looking up in round horror at the bear he’d bit into.  A paw was coming down as it would flatten him and Chade let go to scramble away.

Chade ran to his brother to shove at him to get farther away from the bear, “we will just get in his way!”  Besides, he had let another sibling die to save Ricin.  If he’d let that happen there was no doubt who he prioritized over his brother and the stranger.  Chade was grateful but Ricin had to live.

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