She watched Kay sniff at the potato peel her brother had carved away, smiling softly at how gentle he was as he took it. She often forgot how terrifying the wolves could be to people who didn't know them. Strange enough... she should have been terrified of them when they'd first encountered the creatures. But she never was. Like clockwork, Beli's jealous whimper was heard and his form quickly approached. He sniffed about urgently while Ru laughed.
"Here. Here, you little baby." she said, giving him his own scrap. Beli took it, not nearly as delicately as Kay had, and trotted back to his brother.
Ru sighed, shifting her thoughts from the wolves to Avi's words. It was a topic they'd raised and tabled the same way several times already since arriving in the city. There seemed to be no good choice, only different shades of danger. But surely there was something more to their journey that just surviving. It wasn't something she could put into words, but she knew it had to be true.
"Don't you think-" she started, but stopped, brow furrowed in frustration. "Have you noticed..." the words fell away as she gestured around them with her knife hand. Huffing, she dropped her peeled potato into the bucket and took up another. "I feel... something... here." she finally managed. "Not here." she clarified, pointing down to indicate the inn. "But here." she made a circular gesture with her hand again to indicate the city. "I don't know how long we should stay. But I think we're here for a reason."
"Here. Here, you little baby." she said, giving him his own scrap. Beli took it, not nearly as delicately as Kay had, and trotted back to his brother.
Ru sighed, shifting her thoughts from the wolves to Avi's words. It was a topic they'd raised and tabled the same way several times already since arriving in the city. There seemed to be no good choice, only different shades of danger. But surely there was something more to their journey that just surviving. It wasn't something she could put into words, but she knew it had to be true.
"Don't you think-" she started, but stopped, brow furrowed in frustration. "Have you noticed..." the words fell away as she gestured around them with her knife hand. Huffing, she dropped her peeled potato into the bucket and took up another. "I feel... something... here." she finally managed. "Not here." she clarified, pointing down to indicate the inn. "But here." she made a circular gesture with her hand again to indicate the city. "I don't know how long we should stay. But I think we're here for a reason."
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