A sound like thunder

Oh! Manea and this tall wolf have worked together! Wait, Hikaru is one of his? The light blue boy follows after the stranger, pondering the male’s words. Standing with the gray male, Ricin offers the scared wolf a gentle smile as he tries his best to not look intimidating. Truthfully, besides being tall, the light blue wolf looks anything but scary. His gaze roams over the dirty, terrified wolf’s form as they talk and the boy dips his head in greeting when his name is given. When the female speaks, Ricin gives a gentle tut to dispel her worry about trespassing and says, “It is alright Aine Praetor. No one owns this land. Its just… wolves come here to fight and it looks like you are not in the condition to do that.”

When Sirius asks for Ricin’s help, the boy gives a nod before slowly, carefully, making his way toward the weak female. He doesn’t want her run (not that she looks she could get far) and waste what little energy she might have. As he moves toward her, Ricin says, “Well Aine, Sirius is going to take you to his pack. You will get fresh food and a warm place to sleep. But first, we have to get you there. So… how about a ride?” He gives a broad smile as he reaches her and turns himself sideways in front of her. Crouching low to the ground, the boy offers his back for her to climb up on. While they are the same height, the frailer female doesn’t look like she weighs more than a feather.

As he waits for Aine to get settled, Ricin turns his ruby gaze to Sirius and says, “You still owe me a fight, sir.” His eyes are bright with happiness as he readies to follow Sirius with his charge.


"Ricin Dauner"