Into the night

Mercury stepped back and gave his own coat a vigorous shake. Loosening the white mush from his starlit patterns. The fight itself had kept him from feeling the chill, and even now it didn’t register as a discomfort for him. Perhaps his tolerance built up from his time in the North would fade, but for now it served him well.

“I might take you up on that” he joked at the Aegis’s words. He doubted it would be the last time he needed to blow off some steam. “Walk, I think. I’m not ready to go in yet” he decided. “Unless you’d prefer to warm up? I could brew us some tea common in my homeland if you need some warming” he suggested, letting the other wolf decide what he needed. The cool night air called to him, but the Aegis had proven to be his friend.


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