The Unraveling - It Burns

Boggy had to be in on the adventure. Shoal had suggested it, and mom hadn't told them to not to, she just said not to get killed. And they wouldn't! Probably. Mom said their other mother would be very cross if they went to join her in the dead land any time soon. Then they'd get grounded.

But anyway! The pack was boring, and Shoal's suggestion to leave it was not, so Boggy was game. Kiara joined too. And Tide. Boggy got distracted a few times on the way, and found a good chewing stick halfway there. By the time he rolled up, his siblings were already there. Including Sakana.

They were around the big lava pool and there was a giant thing flopping around. Other wolves were there - oh hey Siduri! - and seemed pretty pissed at the thing. Then more wolves showed up - hiii Tarnish! - and another pup who was yelling about leaving. Leave? Kiara didn't wanna fight, sure, but run away? From something as cool as this? Dumb incredulity fell on Bog's face. "Fuck that, I wanna watch!" He knew 'fuck that' from his mother and immediately picked it up. The word fuck in general was pretty great.

More adults upset about pups. More bodies in between them and the honestly pretty fucking cool worm thing. Ugh. Boggy squirreled away as much as he could without drawing attention to himself. He wanted to see the adults fight! Maybe he could steal a lava rock!