/ wc:459The boy had led a simple enough life up until then. Sure, it hadn’t started out that way. New Brunswick had turned out to be a more violent place than it first appeared. Tribunal’s being poisioned, blame being tossed everywhere, people fleeing, people fighting. The accusations had finally landed on his mother and that led to her death. That was all Jackson really knew about it; he’d been too young at the time to really understand, barely more than a couple of months old. The whole thing was becoming just a blur to him, memories from his puphood that were fading with time. As far as he was concerened, life didn’t really begin for him until his father had dragged he and his siblings all the way down to Anathema, and things had been pretty calm and carefree for him then. And if he was lucky, things would stay that way. He’d yet to face the shock of life’s harsh realities that Liam seemed to have recently become acquainted with.
His question received a simple enough response. Didn’t exactly explain why the Miracles wolf had been so jumpy earlier, but it answered his question, so he couldn’t really complain. He wondered what sort of supplies the other may have been hunting out here. Sounds like a good plan to me, man, he said, watching as the other male clambered up to the rooftop to join him. It’s good to take a break every once in a while, ya know? Hell, Jackson was essentially taking a break himself now too. He wanted to get more involved in his fire tending duties back home, sure, but focusing on it solely for too long would end up driving the troublesome youth crazy. Maybe that was part of the reason the boy chose to venture farther out than he usually did. The farther away he was, the less he had to think about it. Hey, it made perfect sense in his mind.
Now that Liam had scrambled on up to the building’s roof too, he asked Jackson about where he came from. Nearby? Eh, kinda. Out east, on the mountains, the boy answered, waving his free hand in the general direction that he had arrived from. Our pack’s Anathema, if you’ve heard of it.So where’s this ‘Cour des Miracles’ of yours at? Can’t say I’ve ever been there. Or ever heard of it before, but that much seemed clear enough without stating. Didn’t need to go making himself look extra foolish here, now did he?