Little Runaway
08-23-2015, 04:08 PM
Walk | Talk | Think A new panic had settled in the moment he had called out his little sister's name, and it prevented him from doing so again. She was such a stubborn little creature, so determined to do things her way with no regard to how her actions worried and scared those who wanted to keep her safe. She was so prone to acting for herself that Eirik feared giving away his presence as he had might give her the idea to hide, to avoid him and keep putting distance between them before he could catch her scent and follow her trail. Please don't, he thought nervously as he traveled along, the worried look on his face only deepening the further he traveled after her, please, please. To his relief, she was in a more combative mood than secretive, and rather than hide she called out to him with her typical rebuttal. Home. That was all any of them wanted, really. He was sure of it, even if the rest of them did not express their longing for the place quite so vocally as Sarai did. With his dark-tipped ears perked forward, Eirik spotted the young wolf standing on the opposite side of a stream, looking fierce and determined to either stay where she was or go back home as she had said. As he always did when she got this way, the big grey wolf sighed. What did Mom say when little Sarai got like this? How did she calm her down and coax her into staying in Fiori for another night? As excited as he had been to get another younger sibling, Eirik was beginning to think he was not quite as prepared for the experience as he had thought he was. "You know I can't do that," he answered gently as he approached the stream from its other side, stopping clear of the water to give his argumentative sister space of her own on which to continue arguing with him. He almost thought she enjoyed it with as often as it happened. "It's safer here in Fiori. There's more wolves here who can keep you safe." Part of him knew it was pointless to speak of the benefits staying in their current pack provided them. They never seemed to work on Sarai, no matter how much he tried to explain the logic of the choice. But it was the truth, and an easy argument to fall back on when she got like this, and since he had not thought up another one to offer her, he stuck with what was easiest. |
