The nudge received wasn’t enough to push him over but he went with it. The little body tumbled and small limbs pawed up at the larger wolf. Then he stayed on his back and listened as Rin spoke. He understood the rules of her game but his mind wandered a little bit at the thought of Rin’s brother. Was “X’ies” as mean as Zeus’ brothers had been? No, he figured that he wasn’t if he played with her all the time.
When the pup finished deciding what he thought about X’ies, his caretaker had already said her last words and fallen into silence. Use my nose… he said them over and rolled onto his paws, intently listening for Rin’s usual sounds. She was quiet. The noise made by other animals was what constituted there existence in Zeus’ mind. His friend falling so silent was similar to someone suddenly vanishing from sight. It left him confused and only a little sure of the direction she had been in. Zeus’s tail began to sway again and he barked for her to see if she would make it easy. When there was still silence he repeated himself once more before putting his nose to the ground and beginning to weave back and forth in the grass looking for her scent.
It was still plenty fresh. He zigzagged slowly across the small distance between them for a minute or two then stopped to listen. Hearing nothing but the sounds of bugs and birds singing, he put his nose to the ground once more and continued on. The next time he stopped he was only a foot or two away from Rin’s hiding place. He could hear her slow breathing and a small grin spread across his lips. Found you! The young one hollered and pounced at the sound, which also happened to be her face. The as soon as he felt her fur and the second his paws hit the ground again, he tried to sprint away. Moving his untrained legs a little too fast at the start, he fell on his face. Luckily, falling was something Zeus had adjusted to. It didn’t delay him for but a second before he shot off into the grass. In a handful of seconds he cleared about fifteen feet of space. Then he fell again but on his own accord this time. So much excitement filled him that he completely forgot about Rin’s ability to see. His “hiding place” was in plain view of anyone within sixty feet. Use your nose to find me… He whispered in the same tone she had. Then he carefully curled into a ball and tried not to breathe too much or whine about his wound as it stung at him for the movement.
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