Ouroboros Spine Hello Sunshine

Massaraq smiled, she was right. As long as he had his family alongside him, Ajei too, he felt anything was possible. Perhaps the world would open her pathways and sing them songs or perhaps it would whistle in their ears, but he felt sure that the future would bring change like the beauty of autumn. "That is true. I hope when I'm ready I'm better at tracking at least." A joke, and yet worry laced in his words.

"As long as it's what you want. We want you to be happy, and want to care for you too in the ways we can." Each wolf had different strengths to contribute, and yet he too felt doubt. He wanted to be a fine hunter, a fine fighter, a competent tracker, a wanderer, a good friend, and good son, and a good brother. And yet so many of these felt out of reach. Things he could not give even if he were asked. The two truths rumbled against each other like stones in his stomach. "I know, it all feels so new. I hope it feels like this every time, every autumn. When winter comes I wonder if I'll blend in better with the snow." He had heard of the snow of course, had seen the ice on the mountaintops. In summer and even autumn his coat made him stand out, he wondered if he would feel more part of the world blending in to it.