Ovi’s blue eyes did not open until late in the day, much to his surprise; he had slept much longer than he had in a long time. This dallying was not good, and the large cat got up and quickly got moving without a second thought. He had to keep moving, if not, that trader might catch up with him finally, and he wasn’t sure he could escape again.
It did not take long for Ovidiu to realize what had woken him as his stomach growled loudly and seemingly twisted in his body as if it were a writhing snake. It made him feel sick, but it was not like he had had anything to cough up anyway. The last time he had eaten was several days ago, when he had gotten a little bit of the fish he had accidentally caught. The majority of the fish he had given to Kohaku, the rambunctious wolf pup he had met. This had been the only other soul he had seen since coming into these lands, whatever these lands were. The last place he had been sure he had been was in the suburbs of New York, after that had only been human ruins and wilderness.
The sun was setting, and it was beautiful, but the tiger did not give himself a moments rest and he kept trotting through the trees, much less silently then one would think of a large cat of his breed. Ovi was clumsy though, his large paws sometimes more than he could manage, and when he stepped on a large, dead limb it snapped with a dry whacking sound. Ovi nearly jumped out of his skin, but when he whipped his head up to look around, through the bodies of the trees he saw a black figure in the field beyond the brush. It was a girl, a young Luperci girl, and she was painting. He stared for a moment, breathing in her clean scent, and noticed that there was a bird with her. He hesitated, not sure if he should make himself known, what if she was in league with the trader? But he was so hungry… maybe she had something to eat. Tentatively, the ruddy boy stepped into the setting sunlight, Um… hello? he said hoarsely, and nervously.
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