Broken Boulder i am human. nothing more than human.

each day, she is stronger. she is growing and if you look closely, she’s bigger. her stomach if round more often than not and her mobility increases, along with understanding of the world around her. while she should, in theory, be happy now, something stifles it. brilliance can’t put a paw on it—she has siblings to play with and food to eat and parents that come around—and so she tries to ignore it. when her mother talks, she listens though she does not comprehend, and sticks close when she is near. if she stays around, then everything will be fine and her mother will love her.
 
when delight steps in, she doesn’t make a sound, but her tail causes her whole body to wiggle—but she does not get closer, no! she must stay here, close to her mother and prove how much better she is than her littermates.