Wapun Meadow a different kind of pain

The words were kindly spoken, but Sesi knew better. Deluded Desna would have insisted they reveal themselves, and for once she was glad to be without her sister. Desna was foolhardy and optimistic, and those qualities would get her killed.

Nochtli persisted - something that Sesi might come to admire her for one day, when they were packmates and not two strangers in the dark. The pup's heart was beating so fast that it hurt, and when the very face of satan poked out from the shadows and whispered 'Hello, she saw only white. A trickle of pee made a bid for freedom.

She had two choices - break down and give up, or.. the other one. Numbed by fear, Sesi chose to channel her inner Desna. She simply wasn't ready for disembowelment. "I FINE MOMMY HERE," she yelled in the shadowy creature's face, even though the words were intended for the Other Wolf. She stared at the thing, wide-eyed and barely breathing. It was so dark that Sesi could barely see its edges. The trembling little wolf sipped at the air, head bobbing as she attempted to make words happen "Take me to mommy," she whispered urgently, having convinced herself now that this ugly thing must be her own shadow come alive. There was no other explanation.