Bearclaw Valley woodland spirit

while the girl seemed disappointed with his lack of continued effort, much as he felt about her own justifiably flippant behavior, she didn't seem to take it very hard - or personally, for that matter. stigmata watched until she was gone, then he smiled to himself and hefted up on slender limbs to continue about his own business. the child couldn't have known, and may even have found the encounter useless, but she had almost certainly distracted the wolf from his desire to pick a fight earlier in the day. she had perhaps saved him and the entire pack from a bank of early grief.