Panther Park monsters in the shadows

As it would happen, honesty was not always the best policy. Huh. Well, if he survived this, Hide was going to be more careful with that in the future, but it really hadn't occurred to him that someone would want to hurt him just for being part of a pack. Being from a small, nomadic family pack, he'd never experienced that kind of aggression. This was a first for him.

Running was... not an option. His head already felt like it was splitting open, but the stinging sensation of one of the wolves nipping at his flank cleared that up just a bit. If he ran, he'd probably run into a tree and get mauled anyway. Where was he gonna go?

It was better, he thought, to try and fight. If he were going to die here, then he didn't want to die a coward.

"Hey, wait maybe we could like... talk this through?" he asked hopefully, but certainly didn't expect it to be graced with a response. 

The big wolf had walked back off, after biting his flank once. But Hide wasn't going to turn his back on them - he would back up a few steps, but since he had no idea where he was and was at such a disadvantage, he refused to run. The other wolf would come at him then, darting around behind him and delivering a series of nips to his hind legs and tail. It stung, worse than Orochi's nipping, but he wasn't deterred. 

Hide spun around and aimed to sink his teeth into the wolf's scruff in an attempt to push him down. Next time you wanna go for my neck, you better hold me down tighter. That was what Orochi had said during their last sparring session, and so Hide wasn't going to be gentle.