Word Count :: 359 a fast reply x_x you don't get many of these out of me anymore :p
The sable-shaded hybrid could identify the wolfish traits in the the other canine, but there was no discernible hint of coyote, so whatever else this woman was mixed with, Eris could not tell. She supposed it hardly mattered anyway; she had learned what it was to be unwanted by coyotes for being a wolf, and she did not wish to live in such a way. She would not carry on with her mother's hate—there was no reason for it, as Eris saw it. Her own family, her flesh and blood, had hurt her far more than any wolf ever had. The sable-shaded canine smirked at her companion's sentiment, finding herself reflected there—what place wanted her? Eterne had kicked her out, and Inferni merely tolerated her. There was nowhere else to go. “I could almost say the same. No place wants you, no place to call home,” she agreed. The hulking shell of a car provided a seat, and the sable shaded canine scooted back on it, crossing her legs. Though the old metal groaned under her weight, it remained steady.
“Why? It's just water,” she said, her voice challenging, though laced with apathy—it didn't bother her what this canine believed; she merely wished to see if those beliefs ran deep. The strange words caused the woman to cock an ear and a brow; she wondered for a moment if she had stumbled on another nutcase like Cotl. And then the woman spoke again translating—even in English the words ended up sounding something like a prayer, something like an incantation—the ones she had used and heard in Eterne were nothing like this. They were not in any language Eris knew, and yet she could feel the power radiating from them. She had not known her mother tongue could have that same power. A soft chirping noise caught the woman's attention, and she noticed the small bird for the first time. Tilting her head at this, she looked back to the wolf hybrid, a question she could not quite put in words on the tip of her tongue. “Where do you learn these words?” she asked.
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