She paused for a moment, looking at the rabbit he had given her. “Yes, I did, actually.” She answers before she starts eating. She glances up briefly and looks outside at the frigid landscape. She was glad she found Fang, otherwise she would be sleeping out there, in the cold, with no food. “Thank you for the food.” She says with earnest
She watched him for a minute, licking her nose. Normally she waited to speak until after she was spoken to, but she wanted to ask...”So, what are you doing way out here anyways?”
She gaped at him. That was pretty horrible, and all this time she thought her life was hard. “I understand, I know the feeling.” She says “It’s hard to lose people you care about. “ She couldn’t imagine why wolves would kill each other. That was the kind of thing humans did (do we call them humans or is there some other name?). “Is that why you haven’t joined another pack?” She added quietly.
She held his gaze for a moment. “Huh.” was all she said in response. She wasn’t sure how he expected to find a mate all the way out here. She thought it seemed like an odd request from his parents, but who was she to judge? She felt like she needed to say something else to break the awkward silence, but she wasn’t sure what.
Chicxulub jerked upright from where she was laying, looking flabbergasted. Had he really just said that? Out loud? She blinked and flicked her ears, not sure how to react. The back of her neck felt hot, despite the cold, and she leaned back slightly. Her heart was beating too fast. “N-no, you don’t mean that, m-my leg is messed up…” she trailed off, not wanting to tell him that the last person that had told her that had died. She didn’t want anyone else to get hurt because of her, and her instincts told her to bolt, but she stayed. He had been kind to her, she couldn’t just leave him behind. Besides, it was only a compliment. Balsam had always told her she didn’t take compliments well.…
