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Having spent the better part of the previous day in the rain, Melee had made a point of sleeping in the sunshine the next day. It did not agitate her that the sun was out as much as it had when it had stretched out across days – perhaps even a week – because she had soaked in the rain’s peace. Now, she was fully enjoying and appreciating the heat of the morning. It meant that she could return to a more peaceful version of herself. Not that, overall, Melee was a wholly tranquil wolf. As a matter of fact, it wasn’t a word that described her well except when she was soaking in the inner peace that storms brought to her. Today she would be her usual spunky, outgoing, enthusiastic and energetic self. She had just needed that day of tranquility to pull her back from the dark places where her mind had gone in recent days. It felt good to come back from that, she felt more like herself than she had in weeks. Her smile was genuine and her heart was light; life was good.
Today was not a day to stay in the pack; her feet were anxious to get her outside of the pack’s lands and into the neutral territories, where she might see someone other than wolves who already knew her. By the time she lazily roused from her room and decided to head out, her family was already about their business. Though she had half a mind to seek out Range and see if he wanted to tag along, the stronger part of her was excited at the prospect of going out on her own. It meant that she could go wherever she wanted to go and seek out the areas that she wanted to explore, without needing to take consideration for what Range might want to do or where he might want to go. Another day, she would seek out her brother and they could go out together for a day of adventuring. Today, though, she would go it alone... at least initially. Her aim was to find someone outside of the pack who might have interesting conversations or adventures to be had.
When she exited her pack lands, the girl’s tail was waving jovially, her ears perked forward and her tongue lolling out for a moment in her excitement. It was nice to get out and about. With all the goings-on lately, she hadn’t really had much time to just enjoy herself and get out. It felt like she had been stuck in the packlands and in her apartment for ages, though she couldn’t recall how much time it had actually been. New smells entered her nose; unfamiliar sights were just waiting to be seen. There were plants to find and bring home, plants that might not grow within her pack’s own lands. She was excited at the prospect of meeting someone new or perhaps seeing a new neutral territory that she hadn’t visited before. She was young yet, and there was much that she had to see and learn about still. Melee intended to know it all someday, which was a goal as ambitious as the girl herself.
With no real purpose or reason, the girl all of a sudden started to run. It was nice to run in a form where her deformity didn’t affect her ability to move. The first time that she had shifted, she had thrilled in the way that it equaled the playing field between her and other members of the Luperci. In her Lupus form, she noticed her deformed paw so much more. In this form, it only came up on occasion. Many still noticed – it was hard not to notice, after all – but she didn’t need it for regular things. Things like running, walking, and even picking things up were easier without the defect. Her other six-fingered hand could pick it up just as easily. Only things that needed two hands were impacted by the loss of her second paw. It rarely happened that she had to deal with that problem, but she always adapted when it did happen. Just as she had adapted to all of the issues that came up in her Lupus form, so she had learned to adapt to different things in her Optime form. Melee Soul would never let it be said that her birth defect had slowed her down in any way. What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger, after all.
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