03-23-2009, 08:34 AM
When the wind had come his way, he had smelled a wolf, but he hadn't been sure of that wolf's nature. When, only a few moments later, that wolf emerged, Brennt's spirits fell. The first wolf to come his way had been an adult, not a child. He had no interest in adults. At least not right now. It was a girl, all white, pretty and eye-catching, but regardless, not what he was looking for right now. Nonetheless, the appeal of trying with her as he had tried with Fern and Cwmfen enticed him for several moments, and became stronger when she spoke to him, but eventually subsided against the much stronger force of yearning for a very particular sweetmeat.
"Nothing. Not doing anything," he said stupidly, as if the lie would be an acceptable answer, as if it might turn her away, back into the pack-land. No, pretty though she was, he didn't want to waste time with her, he had more important hungers to attend to, and he suspected that they could very well be attended to, if he only waited here long enough. Still, as was often the case when chasing after basal lusts, rationality often came a few steps behind, and the fact that his waiting here would attract unwanted attention hadn't occurred to him as yet. He would learn soon enough that packs did not approve of loiterers on the border, but, for now, he was happy to dismiss her and continue pacing the line between the pack and the outlying territory in wait of brave but foolish children.
"Nothing. Not doing anything," he said stupidly, as if the lie would be an acceptable answer, as if it might turn her away, back into the pack-land. No, pretty though she was, he didn't want to waste time with her, he had more important hungers to attend to, and he suspected that they could very well be attended to, if he only waited here long enough. Still, as was often the case when chasing after basal lusts, rationality often came a few steps behind, and the fact that his waiting here would attract unwanted attention hadn't occurred to him as yet. He would learn soon enough that packs did not approve of loiterers on the border, but, for now, he was happy to dismiss her and continue pacing the line between the pack and the outlying territory in wait of brave but foolish children.