April Showers Bring May Flowers

Walk | Talk | Think

The other pup seemed entirely surprised by her question, and his confusion only worsened her own. His answer, at least, was in the affirmative, even going so far as to say an adult - his mother - made sure of the barn's safety, but even hearing that Anais could not bring herself to calm and relax completely. What if it was there and no one knew? What if it was just really good at hiding? What if it had a secret way in? Her yellow-gold eyes roamed around what she could see of the barn from her position, the unfamiliar features of the barn foreign and strange but nothing apparently dangerous. Still, it was better than being out in the storm, not to mention there was company here and maybe even backup if the monster did show itself. Maybe she could make the most of it.

He smiled as he approached her, the casualness that he exuded easing a bit of her worries, and quick questions helped further distract her from them. "I was out playing in the field," she answered with a quick glance over a shoulder and into the rainy world just outside the barn doors. "But then it started raining and mom was going to get mad if I got all muddy." And Tahlia might have been nice recently allowing her children the freedom to roam the territory unsupervised but she still expected them to maintain a decent appearance, just as she did.

Returning her attention back to the smiling, tail-wagging youth, Anais all but forgot the monster she was supposed to be afraid of and instead found herself smiling and wagging her tail slightly. The boy introduced himself as Elias and asked for her own name, and the grey-gold pup answered readily, "I'm Anais. Nice to meet you." She shook herself quickly to try and rid her damp coat of the rainwater that still clung to it before taking a couple steps further inside, curious stare beginning to wander again. "Do you live in here?" she asked in sudden bewilderment, still piecing together what she had been told with what she knew. Was the barn really safe enough for wolves to live in it?