Stone Circle Well, I've been afraid of changing

going by the souls puppy guide - they're about 3-4 years mentally, and iki remembers stuff.

Ikiaq slept a lot, these past couple of days. They were fortunate enough to be in the weaning process, to where he didn't have to suckle much, because he wanted Nanook and only Nanook. The boy was stubborn, too, curled into a tiny ball and scooted a little bit away from everyone else. If his siblings wanted, he would cuddle, but there was hardly any initiated contact from the youngest Ateneq. There was almost an aversion now, because the one wolf he wanted touch from no longer existed and he couldn't understand that yet. 

The boy jumped a bit when his father touched him, blue eyes blinking blearily up at him before he realized what was happening. Were they all going out? Into the bad place?

Getting to his feet, Ikiaq backed up quickly to the very back of the den, eyes wide and tail tucked. There was no way he was going out there.