Pandemic was Larkspur’s shadow in all truth, and there was no doubt in his father that the boy would grow to be massive. They likely would all be larger than average wolves (save Wretch) and this too pleased him. It meant they would be better prepared for the world—he had survived so many pyres because of his size, when the Khalif had taken the sick and the frail away to burn. That day they had tried to do the same for him he had fought like the devil. That same devil’s luck had saved him when Misery had appeared.
A low chuckle was given in response to the boy’s eagerness, and Larkspur’s claws (for he did not use tools outside of these often) cut through sinew and muscle and ripped away a chunk of the sheep’s flank. It was large, but he knew the boy would eat it. A few other tears were made, though only to make it easier for the boy to eat. While the puppies now fed on solids, they did not have the adult teeth they would need to rip the tougher parts of flesh away. The tall man turned and lowered the flank to the boy, orange eyes reflecting the firelight of the room. He had become used to this darkness, never reasoning that this might be entirely because the unformed claimed it as his own home back in the Khalif. Even though he had been smiled on by the pale goddess, it was Tak who claimed him and Tak who rested in his soul.
“Y’seen yer sisters?” He asked, finding it easiest to keep track of the children through this method. It wasn’t as if they were hard to find, with both girls vocal and boisterous and Pandemic rarely venturing far from the caves if at all.
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