This once proud creature would have gotten in a verbal fight with the crude vocabulary to put a human sailor to shame. Not that he knew what they were or that they even existed. He himself had never been told that any beast besides the wolves had ever ruled the land. Which is why he shrugged off the 'pretty head' comment in favor of that word. Luperci. Could the word have anything to do with those 'deity', and 'religion' words? It was quite possible, he thought. Of course... Any thing was possible. Things had been so strange since the fire. Sometimes Dhiate wondered whether all of this was a dream and the fire had never happened. But you couldn't feel pain in dreams could you? Then the fire that ran through his throat had to be proof.
Dhiate took the familiar position of late. He stance was almost that of one about to lose his food, and the shuddering rasps that ran through his body didn't help. Contrary to all of this, he was not about to vomit, he was having a coughing episode. They were becoming rarer and rarer lately as he healed, but their intensity hadn't changed. Several red lines stretched through his eyes and blood began to fleck the his lips and the ground beneath him. When it was over, and his body relaxed, Dhiate looked up and appeared to be many years older. His eyes and body gave off waves of miserable aura. He was so tired.
The damaged wolf could hold himself up no longer and fell to an ungraceful heap. He looked up at the female. He wished he could answer her, but he couldn't. For the past month, his vocal chords had been such a burnt mess that he couldn't talk. He didn't even know what 'Nova Scotia' was either. But Dhiate tried one last time. All that came out was a hoarse moan and another cough. It was hopeless.
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