Haunted Wood Abdim's stork

Such kindness would have once turned him into something feral and wide-eyed. Scared of what was to come, terrified that he was only waiting for another shoe to drop.

He could no longer waste all his energy on fear.

His head nodded softly, hungry indeed and willing to take advantage of kindness to fill his own stomach. If it made the other man feel good and kept himself alive then why turn it down?

As if he had entered some kind of paradise, he dared to recline and rest his front paws along the edge of the water while he waited.