a conundrum [aw]

Skoll Haskel · 11-18-2011, 01:45 AM

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This is my last post. You can either post once more or go ahead and asked for it to be archived. Smile Thanks for threading with him.

Terra said that he was doing it wrong—and Skoll managed to cock his head in confusion before she moved quick as a viper, pinning him down to the ground. He let out a weak, surprised yelp then stared at her. That hurt, was the thought his mind managed to form, but his body wasn’t really that shaken by it. Perhaps it was his pride, slowly developing in the puppy. He continued to stare at her silently until she withdrew her paws.

The blonde boy rolled over onto his belly again, staring at her sullenly now. Both of them were pigheaded, it seemed, and the pup hadn’t quite learned fear yet. However, he managed to lower his ears and tail, and while he didn’t roll around flashing his belly at her and whimpering, it was enough for him and all that she would get. Keeping his green eyes away from hers cautiously, wolf instincts taking over, he remained quiet.
Her last words gave him some hope, and he made a mental note that he’d want to beat her up when he was bigger—not seriously, of course, but the challenge was there. It might soon be lost among his other puppy thoughts, but Skoll made the vow the best a two-month-old could.

And so he nodded, innocent-faced, before yawning loudly. “Sleep,” he said, glancing across at where he lived. It was quite a long crawl—one he didn’t think he would be able to walk after all the exercise he’d gone through. “Ball,” came another clipped word, and groggily he wandered over to his until-then-forgotten toy, picking it up in his mouth then gazing at Terra. Vaguely he wondered if she’d carry him into his home, or if she’d sit with him until his mother or big brother came to collect him.

He’d learned a lot today—both about humans, whether or not the story was completely true, and dominance. The latter would soon be tested once again, for he wasn’t a child to accept facts blindly, but his sore body and pride would hold him off from this challenge for another few days at the least.

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