where is a fish in orbit? trouter space

a fishkeeper. lasher chuckled audibly; luke had no shortage of amusements for him, it seemed. he was distracted again, however, by the sly sidling of his lover; he returned the man's caresses with a deeply felt sign, affection and desire warring visibly in his murkwater eyes. but there was also a level of bittersweetness there; he wished very much for luke to join him here, but the pallid man had pledged himself to another pack, and loyal he was, though taltos knew there was no shortage of love within his paramour's heart.

"i am on patrol," the druid intoned, lowering his head to savor the flesh of one fat fish. he found his hunger sharpened, and ate the remainder of its corpse then and there, glancing apologetically at luke as he licked his lips free of the saltwater taste. then, gathering the other two limp bodies into his maw, he motioned for the pale wolf to follow across the borders while he himself sought out a cache in which to deposit the fish.

pawing earth back over the stash of meat, the beta trekked on, setting a leisurely pace so that luke might walk beside him. "a journey to our southernmost gates!" he exulted playfully. "who knows what adventures we might find there?"