King Elk Forest the cold earth slept below

Wick did not understand why wolves always made funny mouth sounds. She did not understand the words that the young one asked her, and cocked her head to the side in confusion, whining. Wick relied entirely on body language and basic sounds—barks, growls, etc.—for communication. However, she wasn’t so stupid that she did not understand how to copy sounds. Curiously, she repeated, “Bat.” That one was simple enough, beginning and ending in hard sounds, but the second word she’d picked up on was much harder for her. “Nnnn…nnname?”