The sun was being kind to Kostya today and was shining bright, its rays doing an admirable effort of cutting through the seasonal cold that was setting in and providing the forest around him with a last burst of heat before the winter really set in. Kostya was taking advantage of the heat and was relaxing by a lake he had found. The lake was backed on one side by a cliff which had a medium sized ledge sticking out at water level, and it was upon this ledge that Kostya was resting.
He was currently lay flat on his belly, the rock having had plenty of time to warm before he got there, and looking out over the small lake. Its surface was mirror smooth and a deep, dark blue, the surrounding trees reflected in the water as faint silhouettes. Despite the heat Kostya was keeping well clear of the water itself. As nice as it was to look at the water had proved too deep for the struggling sun to heat, and was absolutely freezing.
So instead of going for a swim Kostya just lay there, enjoying the heat and listening to the birdsong; the smaller animals having been reawakened by the heat. A smarter wolf might have took advantage of the heat to do some last minute hunting, but Kostya was tired out from his recent mad scramble to collect a decent stock of meat and so let the prey live to see another day.
To be frank the only thing missing that would make this day perfect was, in Kostya's mind, somebody to talk too. Despite his initial discomfort with the atypically outgoing residents of Souls', Kostya was fast coming to appreciate the advantage of having somebody to talk to, to joke about with and to hunt alongside. Despite his discomfort with the packs lifestyles Kostya was strongly starting to consider joining a pack, just for the company. Though the insurance and food supply would be useful as well.
Still, he was already lay down and finding somebody to talk to would likely require a fair bit of effort and while Kostya didn’t often indulge in laziness, when he did he liked to do it properly, and so he simply lay in a kef, simply taking in the area.
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