[ twice every year, the packs convene for a hunt - and the presence of non-wolf companions were, while not uncommon, typically frowned upon during the hunt night itself.
so puppycat gets babysat elsewhere. usually it's with someone in town, but sometimes it's with other companions, all of them grouped together to form their own makeshift pack. a group of misfits, waiting for their wolves to be done running amuck in the wild.
this year's a little different, though. the host for this season is new, with even newer friends, some of them smelling oddly fey-like. like this boy, for example - puppycat's nose is nowhere near as sharp as a wolf's, but he's attuned enough to pick up on the scents of wood, earth, crushed leaves. it's not unpleasant, not exactly, but it makes puppycat miss the soft, grounded smells of home.
the city smells so acrid. unpleasant. oily, under a faint musty stench.
puppycat wrinkles his nose as an overly-perfumed teenager walks by. ]
I don't have money. [ there's so many people - so many people. ] Are there less people there?
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so puppycat gets babysat elsewhere. usually it's with someone in town, but sometimes it's with other companions, all of them grouped together to form their own makeshift pack. a group of misfits, waiting for their wolves to be done running amuck in the wild.
this year's a little different, though. the host for this season is new, with even newer friends, some of them smelling oddly fey-like. like this boy, for example - puppycat's nose is nowhere near as sharp as a wolf's, but he's attuned enough to pick up on the scents of wood, earth, crushed leaves. it's not unpleasant, not exactly, but it makes puppycat miss the soft, grounded smells of home.
the city smells so acrid. unpleasant. oily, under a faint musty stench.
puppycat wrinkles his nose as an overly-perfumed teenager walks by. ]
I don't have money. [ there's so many people - so many people. ] Are there less people there?