What Dreams May Come

Mako licked his chops, cleaning away some of the blood but not all as he watched the ivory colored male sweep away the remains. Mako's ears then fell back on his head, wondering if he would be reprimanded for eating the entire thing and not leaving any for the stranger...it was his catch. Out of habit, the young boy shrank to the ground in preparation for punishment, but then the male spoke and it didn't sound anywhere close to angry. "You are quite welcome, but there is no need to thank me." Mako raised his scrawny frame to copy the male, sitting as upright as he could though his shoulders still hunched forward. An obvious sign of his misery, neglect, and starvation. He didn't know how to hunt, so naturally he sought out the remains that other predators would leave behind or he'd eat nothing but berries and edible plants and roots.

He flicked his ear, breaking apart a rogue raindrop that fell through the gap of the branches. A roar of thunder boomed overhead, causing him to flinch a little before hesitantly looking back at the white male. Mako attempted to avoid eye contact, instead he would look at the ground or at his paws as he was "trained" to do by his mother. According to her, eye contact was only for wolves that were of high rank. And Mako was always told that he was the lowest of the low. Therefore, he did not deserve eye contact with anyone. "M-My name is Mako, S-sir...and I'm here alone b-because I came to find a s-safe place..." The boy stuttered from nervousness. Though it would stick with him until he was helped in growing out of it. Due to the fear his mother had instilled into him, along with the neglect, Mako was always a nervous wreck. And with it, the problem of stuttering. He wasn't slow, no. The boy was smart...he knew how to stay out of trouble to avoid punishments, but it seemed that his luck didn't always hold. She would still hurt him even when he did all he could to listen and avoid getting in her way. Were the wolves he had met in these lands different then back home? He would surely find out soon.





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