Word Count :: 327 I'm a mean slow person. :C
The coywolf was impervious to most physical pain. Her entire body was riddled with scars, both from her tramontane life and her new one. The toils on both skin and psyche had conditioned her to be used to that kind of pain, to not feel it or at least put it out of her mind. Balance and resilience were what marked her as such a force in battle, factors that went beyond obvious agility and skill. But still—still she found that she could be caught off guard by a long-forgotten sensation or a repressed name. It angered her and even after she blurted out her question, she wanted to kick herself. She was young yet, and this male looked like he had seen a decent amount of years; the age difference was normally something she blinded herself to, but she was all too aware how childish she seemed now.
Her ears flattening in frustration, she cut her gaze off to the side and stared at the thick forest around them. It surprised her when he spoke, even if she’d asked the question in the first place, and she frowned at him. “Yeah,” she muttered at first, trotting after him to keep pace with his long dark legs. “Their shade is different—softer, paler—but it’s uncanny that they’re just about the same.” A memory stirred in her then, of the girl seeking out information on her father, and she found herself staring at Shadowfang to see if there could be any relation. The scents didn’t seem to match, but if there was no contact, if they were only distantly related, would they be so similar?
The pale tawny hybrid was silent as she mulled over these thoughts, not offering any more information as to what she was thinking or who Blind was. It wasn’t his business, anyway, wasn’t anyone’s business. She’d already turned at that fork in the road, and there was absolutely no heading back.
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