She would happily follow beside her aunt, her shorter legs keeping up with her much longer strides. Novel had found recently that most wolves were much bigger than she was. Even her brother and sisters were begining to shoot past her, especially the smaller Lakota. Novel felt like she'd end up being the smallest especially because of that. Dhiren and Lakota would grow up to be big and strong like their daddy while she remained short and tiny. Which was okay with her, she could still fit underneath the mangrove roots while everyone else had become much too large. She would listen intently to her aunt's words, the explanation would make perfect sense to her. Everything was connected somehow, she ate the animals that ate grass and one day she would become grass and they would eat her. An alarmed expression overcame her face. "Aunt Symphony," She would whisper, "I don't want to get eaten." before the pale would would react Song would change the subject.
Novel was not a greedy wolf, she would always make sure her siblings had enough food before she dug in. She was quite willing to share the various sticks and play things their parents brought them, but now she had the responsibility of taking the plants while still leaving enough that the forest would be able to grow back. It seemed fairly simple. "Okay, so I'll share like I do with Dhiren and Fal right?" She would skip along as the other wolves drew deeper into the gulley. "So what are we going to take?" Her curiosity was brimming, she didn't know much about the plant life yet, only the few plants that grew around Ludicael. There were so many different kinds here! Even after the cold had started to bring about its devastating results.
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