Fading Waterfalls

He was surprised when the somewhat skittish girl placed her paw over his own. He grinned at her, feeling a connection to the earthy woman. There were a lot of differences in their situations, but enough similarities to bind them together. Maybe it was his own fault that he was out here without his family, and her family's fault that she was out here alone. But that loss seemed to bind them together. Two wolves, too young to want to try this alone.

“Then it's you and me, Terra. I promise I won’t abandon you.” he said, turning his paw over to squeeze at hers. But realised what he had done with his words. Declaring it like he had some sort of plan. Now he felt obligated to carve a place in the world for them both. But where?

Terra let her paw fall away, and dug back into her meat again. Lotus turned his own eyes back to the meat, though his fast eating had left his tummy feeling a little wobbly. “The water will have receded soon. I guess we’ll need to find somewhere to make camp after this. We should pick a direction, any direction. We can go anywhere”


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