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The pale young woman grinned at him; in his excitement, he hadn’t even noticed any of the disappointment that might have passed across her face. He was excited to meet this new stranger and did his best to sniff as hard as he could so he might be able to remember her scent later. She had traveled for a while, he could smell that, and she had traveled from another pack. Not AniWaya, he didn’t think, though he could hardly remember what the brown lady from there had smelled like; he’d been too worked up then.
Waggling a painted nail at him, the purple-draped lady informed him that there were no ghosts. His head cocked in sheer confusion at this new piece of information, though angering spirits didn’t sound like a good thing; he might as well be sure about it. “Whas the diff’rence?” Skoll questioned, hoping that the spirits could forgive his ignorance. He’d always seen them all as the same thing—ghosts and ghouls, spirits and specters.
His eyes widened again; her wares spilled from the bag as her advertisements spilled from her jaws. He found himself unable to focus on what she said, however, as he was too busy stepping forward and nosing around at some of the chicken bones and pretty smooth pebbles and weird things that a puppy like him had never even dreamed of seeing.
“Skoll Haskel,” the boy chirped as she asked her name. He paused a moment before adding, sitting as regally as he could, “Prince Skoll Haskel, son of th’King!” That was a very important detail to him. Being the kid of a pack leader gave him some perks and protection within Court lands, at least, though he’d yet to brag about this to other strangers. Reaching out to roll a small jar under his paw, he questioned, “Who Legba?”
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