Phantom Hollow Nutcase

Judas watched her go out of the stream, waiting for her to being. She shook off, then began to smooth out a bit of her messy fur. It didn't even come to mind that he should do the same, as he was just waiting expectantly.

The coywolf nodded along, listening to each of her listings. His smile disappeared to a serious face as he listened. Then when she said that even a smile could help, he put on a smile. Except, this time it was a bit forced. He only smiled when he wasn't serious, and at the time he was. He was always serious about a lesson.

"Like that?" he asked after making his smile go away, not noticing how initially scary it must have looked. "And what about the other things? I see wolves prod others with noses and stuff like that." That was the alien thing to him. He never had much affection given to him as a pup, as his life with his mother was short lived.