Hideaway Strath there's a spark in your heart, that's all you need

Sound and sight were still hazy, but the little boy could see and hear well enough to know now another wolf when he saw one. Only, this one looked so very different from mom and dad, and Turmeric decided that even if you smooshed mom and dad together, they'd be nowhere near as huge as the titan poised some unreachable steps beyond him.

A leak of urine wetted the fur on Turmeric's belly, betraying his conflict - because in the next moment, he found himself crawling forward, curious to meet this hulking man, despite the uncertain tuck of his tail against his pee-stained belly. "Mmmmm," he rumbled in his pitch little voice, still too young for any coherent words. He looked to his mother with a gleam in his wide eyes - asking permission, even as he tiptoed forward another little step.