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everything had fallen into a mess, and for that, vuk blamed the red priestess who had burned them all with her fire. had it not been for reek, the girl would have persuaded terich to leave -- and yet she did not want to go. seff was loved here, tended here. had it not been for the larksong wolves, he would have surely perished, and herself too. 

the patchwork girl was beset by confusion and grief, and at once she went off to collect her wandering @Seff. the child's antics always lifted her spirits, and her mother's heart wished to be near him now.
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The youngster in question was in the process of hunting a rather interesting beetle. He crept long the forest floor in a ratther interesting stalk, tiny blue eyes straight on the glistening thing in front of him. With a growl, he sprung, trapping the beetle under his claws and rendering it still. Seff removed one of his raws and glanced at the thing, looking concerned. Should he eat it? That seemed like the right thing to do. But nefore the child could eat the potentialy hazardous beetle, a scent reached him...that of his mother.

He spun on his heel, lopping ungainly toward his mother. His mama. And so, as he approached her with a smile on his lips, the first true words he had spoken fell from his lips. "Mama! Play?"
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his little voice lilted, and as she had hoped, the pressure lifted from her chest. she chuffed at him; the rest of the pack used enough words with seff that his attempts at language would not be stilted, and thus relieved vuk of the ignominy of her own broken speech. the girl grinned, lowering to her son's level, rump in the air, before leaping to one side and lashing her plume. 

a run would do them both well, stretch their legs against the barren ground and she would see if her son would have her speed one day or the muscularity of his father.
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She did! His mother wanted to play! With a grin that stretched across his maw, he squealed in delight. "Play! Play!" he burbled, watching his mother's tail lash. She leapt to one side, and Seff catapulted into motion. Legs churning, he sped toward his mother, eyes fastened on her feathery tail. His blue eyes gleamed with joy, the same blue they had been since the day he was born. 

Today was simply about play, not about the monumental changes that had come over the pack, changes Seff could not yet understand. He noticed the absence, however, of many of his play friends, but was sure they'd return, eventually. They wouldn't leave him, would they?
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his eyes had not changed, and with a start, vuk realized the shade was starting to resemble that of his nameless father. the thought sent a pang through the girl's heart, but she focused upon her crooning son and turned to leap into a run. she modulated her pace for seff's shorter legs, and turned often to see that he followed, but with each step vuk felt her heart's burden decrease, until laughter wreathed her muzzle.

come! come, seff! she encouraged with a growling bark, ears splaying against her head as she sought a greater speed, though reined herself in as not to leave her tiny son behind.
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She urged him on, increasing her speed as she sought to get away from him, Seff, the mighty hunter! Didn't she know that he was fast, very much so, and could easily run down the fastest of wolves? And so he ran, the pup, legs churning at a greater speed than he had ever accomplished, worm of a tail sticking straight out behind him, stiff as an oak branch. 

His ears too, he splayed flat against his skull, focused solely on the run and his mother, and not entirely on the earth beneath his paws. It came as no surprise, then, that he suddenly spun head over heels, legs flailing every which way and he stumbled to a stop. 

At first, his face was cast in a cloud of uncertainty, a sob not far, but when the pup realized that he was not missing any limbs and that he was not particularly sore, he leapt back to his feet and after a moment barreled toward his mother, joyous.
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vuk jerked to a halt when seff tripped, whirling to move toward him with worried alacrity. however, there seemed nothing amiss with the child; she nosed over his body thoroughly before nudging him playfully and setting off at a slower pace. their running had increased her thirst; she walked alongside seff, guiding him toward the stream. 

when it had come into view, the pale girl chuffed gently at her little son and waded into the shallows, drinking deeply before lifting her head, water droplets falling from her chin, to watch for danger or for visitors.
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His mother walked alongside him now, seemingly leading him somewhere. He did not wonder where this may be, not caring much, but realizing that he was quite thirsty. It was to his joy then, when his mother took him to a stream. She went to stand in the shallows, drinking deeply, and for a moment he hung back. 

Then, excited, he bounded toward the water, plopping into the water with a splash. He felt instantly cold, which was delightful in this heat, a for a few moments splashed around obliviously. After some time, though, he grew tired of this and drank deeply, stomach level with the water.
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fade here? we need another soon! <3

he splashed into the shallows, soaking her legs, and vuk felt a rare bit of genuine laughter bubble into her throat. she lowered her muzzle to throw water droplets over seff's head, then paused to look at him, this tiny boy so beloved by the pack and by herself. 

wading out of the stream, vuk shook her pelt and lay down in the dappled shade cast by a birch tree. milk remained in her body, though seff, having moved to chewed meat, rarely nursed, but she lay invitingly if her son so chose to partake out of comfort. 

slowly the girl's eyelids drooped and soon she dozed in the warmth, seff tucked into the curl of her embrace.
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She played with him, laughing and spraying water, and they boy played back. But soon, he tired of this, and when his mother wade to the bank, he followed. He had long since past nursing, and refused to do it now, thinking himself a big boy that didn't need to do such silly things as nurse anymore. But his mother's embrace never would grow old, and he happily rested alongside her, tucked close, eyes soon closed and drifting off to sleep.