Where do I go from here?

Kea gave his father a small smile as the other wolf trotted into view and greeted him. He dipped his head lightly in a return greeting. It did feel good to hear his dad address him by his rank. But Kea still couldn’t shake that lost feeling inside of him. He knew his confidence had taken a hit, and he felt like he just… wasn’t doing enough.

“Hey Dad.” He said, and paused. He still didn’t know how to phrase this. “Have you ever felt like you… struggled to find a purpose? A reason why? To find something… something that mattered?” He looked at his dad a little hopelessly, hoping the older wolf might make better sense of what he was saying than kea himself did.

"Ciaran Carpathius"