Under my control
Scout
11-14-2022, 03:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2022, 03:06 PM by Sota. Edited 1 time in total.)
Sota knew the importance of granting pups, even ones as young as Thorn, a fair amount of freedom. Coddling children too much was never a good idea - his own parents had been quite lax with him, letting Sota make his own mistakes and learn from them. Never enough to put him in danger but he knew some Songa parents were even more carefree when it came to their parenting styles. He couldn't imagine letting Thorn too close to the creek though, and he kept a watchful eye on him as he gravitated closer to the water. Luckily he took Sota's words as authority and didn't venture in, at least not yet. "Sleeping in a bunch of sticks," he repeated the boy's notion with a laugh. He wasn't wrong in his description, not really. It was a far cry from the life they lived in The Hallows though Sota knew they were lucky for that. Sleeping in the trees wasn't a notion completely foreign to him, though he'd grown used to - and grateful for - a castle as solid and unwavering as the one he and his pack inhabited. He noted the bird walking along the top of the dam, keeping an eye out too for beavers. He doubted they'd see one moving around during the day but it wasn't an impossibility either. Best not to get Thorn's hopes up too much though. "You're more likely to see them at night. During the day you'd be lucky to see any signs of them at all. Maybe sometime we can come back for a night trip," Sota suggested lightly. Hopefully before the boy got too much bigger. It was hard to imagine trying to keep him in line at night if he was too much bigger than him. "We could try," he acknowledged carefully. Maybe there was a section of the creek he'd feel comfortable going across with Thorn? Maybe just after the dam where the water trickled more slowly. Picking up his pace a bit he made to inspect the water flow on the other side of the dam, trekking a bit further until he found a suitable spot. "Here, this spot should be just fine. You go first and I'll be right behind you." And he might close behind. If Thorn slipped he'd be found hovering just over him, ready to grab him by the scruff just in case. He gestured to a section of rocks that jutted out over the slow-flowing water, sure this was a safe section for them to navigate over. He doubted they'd have any luck on the other side in their search for beavers but hey, anything to satiate Thorn's curiosity, even if but for a moment! |
Sota has a male bamboo lemur companion named Kaito, he's sometimes nearby but usually only if stated!
