OOC: Sorry it took so long, implemented a new system at work and it just adds on even more stress; 527 words
The pup wouldn’t offer much assistance in cave building but work went faster when there was another to talk to, didn’t it? And it wasn’t that he wasn’t willing to help but simply that he wasn’t skilled. He hadn’t even conquered the basics of shifting yet, though he would bug his Mommy to help him with that. At least when she wasn’t busy with her leaderly duties and he wasn’t out exploring on his own. No doubt he would find himself in heaps of trouble. He just couldn’t control his paws. He was curious and in a new place. That just meant that he had to get out and explore. But with that came forgetting to let his Mommy know that he was going out, such as now. He hadn’t seen her at time of departure and so he hadn’t worried with it. For all he knew she could have been sleeping or already out, either way he hadn’t bothered to find out before taking off. Instead he just ran off, leaving his home behind to go and explore this new place he was in. When he had gotten here it had been too late to explore which meant it had to be set aside until today. And so he had set out just as soon as he had awaken.
And really, the rank aspect shouldn’t be worried about too much. Lotus didn’t really have a rank. Well, nothing besides that set aside for the pups. Nothing at all impressive about that. And as for what he wanted to be when he got older? Well that was far from his mind still. It wasn’t like he had the ability to express an interest in anything yet. He didn’t have any skills to speak of. But that wasn’t so bothersome either. He had time to figure it out. All he knew was that he wanted to make his Mommy proud. So he would do whatever he could in order to ensure that. His Mommy was important to everyone in the tribe so that meant that there was no way that he could possibly let her down. Even though the rank wasn’t his own he still felt like he had to live up to it or it would look bad for his Mommy.
The pup had no idea where he was going until he heard the voice. That was the only thing that directed his steps. “Snow is on the ground. And dirt too!” He called out the words though he really had no idea what was actually being talked about. Still it didn’t stop him from speaking up. Actually he was quite proud of himself for sounding so smart, at least in his own mind he did, and his tail wagged to show how pleased he was. So what if his answer didn’t really go along with her ponderings. At least he named off things on the ground. The only things that he really had experience with in his short life. He was too young to have seen the spring grass or the flowers it brought with it. All he knew was snow and beneath snow was dirt.
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