January 20, 2015, 12:24 PM
Osprey said she did feel old, then mentioned their upcoming birthday. Peregrine furrowed his brow at her and reassured her that, "We are not old. We're in the prime of our lives! We won't be old for, like, another year or two." He chortled under his breath. To a human, a wolf's lifetime might seem awfully short and two years was nothing at all. To Peregrine, it was an age. After all, a wild wolf would be lucky to reach eight.
"What makes you feel old? Is it physical? Or mental?" he queried. He wasn't taking it too seriously, so the look on his face was one of amusement mixed with brotherly concern. But there was always the threat of sicknesse and disease lurking in the back of any middle-aged person's (or wolf's) mind and his sister had already dealt with one significant illness in her day. Who knew what would take them in the end; it could be old age or a fatal accident or terminal cancer.
"What makes you feel old? Is it physical? Or mental?" he queried. He wasn't taking it too seriously, so the look on his face was one of amusement mixed with brotherly concern. But there was always the threat of sicknesse and disease lurking in the back of any middle-aged person's (or wolf's) mind and his sister had already dealt with one significant illness in her day. Who knew what would take them in the end; it could be old age or a fatal accident or terminal cancer.
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Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 15, 2015, 01:50 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 15, 2015, 03:28 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 15, 2015, 03:49 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 15, 2015, 05:08 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 15, 2015, 07:21 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 16, 2015, 09:06 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 16, 2015, 09:20 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 16, 2015, 10:13 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 16, 2015, 10:31 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 16, 2015, 10:50 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 16, 2015, 11:06 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 16, 2015, 04:27 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 18, 2015, 01:41 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 20, 2015, 12:11 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 20, 2015, 12:24 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 20, 2015, 01:11 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 20, 2015, 01:52 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 20, 2015, 02:24 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 20, 2015, 02:30 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 20, 2015, 02:58 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 21, 2015, 01:59 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 23, 2015, 04:41 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 23, 2015, 01:34 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 23, 2015, 02:14 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 23, 2015, 02:22 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 23, 2015, 03:17 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 23, 2015, 03:22 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 23, 2015, 04:06 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 23, 2015, 04:12 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 24, 2015, 12:31 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 24, 2015, 03:34 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 26, 2015, 01:49 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 26, 2015, 02:41 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 26, 2015, 03:03 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 26, 2015, 06:36 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - January 27, 2015, 01:04 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - January 27, 2015, 08:45 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - February 05, 2015, 10:18 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - February 05, 2015, 12:58 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - February 06, 2015, 09:22 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - February 06, 2015, 03:05 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - February 06, 2015, 03:23 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - February 06, 2015, 03:32 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - February 06, 2015, 07:10 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - February 11, 2015, 11:22 AM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - February 11, 2015, 12:10 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - February 11, 2015, 12:19 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Osprey - February 11, 2015, 12:32 PM
RE: Two large gulps of free-range oxygen - by Peregrine Redhawk - February 11, 2015, 01:01 PM