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[html]  <3 This is kind of like the fox and the hound o_o
She didn't really know how a family was supposed to work; all that Naniko had ever known was dysfunction. After her mother and father had left she had tried to live with Physe and make a life with him there, but she hadn't been able to stop missing Roman and Kaelyn. She'd gone out looking for them at night and had fallen off of an overhanging ledge on a cliff, breaking her leg. That was when Iskata had found her and taken her to Clouded Tears. A few months later Iskata had left her, though, as well.
Her large fingers fumbled with the bandage for a moment and the fox pulled backwards, but she kept her other hand firmly wrapped around the upper part of its leg. In a few moments it was all over, the creature panting and looking around, then back up at her. The werewolves had become slightly humanized, living in houses and using old human tools and medicine, and she'd almost forgotten that some creatures were still very wild. And untrusting.
The kit growled, backing up so that the back of the couch was behind him, staring down at the pup with wide amber eyes. "Oh, Salem...you're scaring him." She was mostly worried for the pup's safety; who knew what a frightened fox might do to a wolf pup. "And you." She picked up the red creature carefully by its scruff, putting it over on the other cushion. It gave her an apologetic look and the growl rumbled down to a low, indescernable sound, but went back to watching the dark pup just as intently as before.
Naniko turned her attention back to her boy, shrugging. "Wilder creatures are unpredictable, son. Sometimes they settle back down...but sometimes they go for the attack. Don't want you getting hurt."Then the thought occurred to her. Maybe he hadn't come across a fox yet. "Have you ever seen an animal like this one before?"
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