PGP+6 Words-600+Zeus awoke gently. He wasn’t cold but wasn’t nearly as warm as when Rin slept by him either. He rolled over and felt for her but found nothing. A small whimper echoed in the cave as he called for her attention where ever she had ended up. The pup had found it was hard for him to tell by smell if she was there or not because this was her home. It smelled like her whether she was there or not. So he listened for a moment after whining but heard neither the sound of her shifting in the soft sand or her return call. Where was Rin now?? He jumped to his feet and began sniffing about the cave. Was she gone too? She hadn’t told him she was leaving… she always told him… his still developing mind tried to recall the last time he’d seen her. Yes, she had told him. She didn’t say where but that she would be back. He had gone back to sleep. Why wasn’t she back yet? The pup had assumed she would return before he awoke again because he understood that long periods of time passed when he slept. What he didn’t understand was that he had only been sleeping for a short time since his caretaker had left.
The young pup knew the sting of abandonment though he had no words for it. He just knew he didn’t want to be alone like he was now. The cave was quiet. Only the sounds of running water under the rock and a crackling Zeus didn’t understand filled the air. Rin would be back. She said she would be like momma had… but momma hadn’t come back yet. He whined again and his tail tucked between his legs. He still didn’t understand why his parents had left him or that they wouldn’t come back. Rin hadn’t said to stay! The realization un-tucked his tail and pulled little excited yips from his small maw. He could go get Rin! With nose bent to the ground, he began to look for the newest scent of her in the soft sand.
Most puppies didn’t know enough to go looking for someone at that age. They didn’t understand what they saw outside of the den and that fear of the unknown kept them from venturing to far from home. With no home and no vision to be scared of, the warming scent of his caretaker led him easily out of the cave. He moved with his nose low and stayed on a path as clear as any road would be to a wolf who could see. The steps he took were slow and different than those of a regular wolf. It was only by physical feeling that the little one could avoid tripping over things. But even with his shuffling along he couldn’t avoid every tree or gnarled root. Many times on the way toward his loving Rin he fell on his face or walked into a tree or bush hanging at head level. The scent became harder to follow at one point too, causing him to stop briefly and whine to himself. It was odd and he didn’t understand why her smell didn’t exist as an imprint in the ground anymore but as a trail in the air. But he followed it nonetheless and ended up coming upon the work area after more than a few uncomfortable falls and bumps. The journey had left him a bit distressed and enough so that the work area with its numerous strange sounds and new scents confused the blind pup. He heard someone nearby but didn’t know who or even what was there. He shrunk his already short body down and inched forward a little. Rin? he called in a quiet and unsure voice.
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