a falling through

*pat JD* )':

He had not meant to cow her -- and when he saw the repercussion of his growl his assertiveness seemed to dissolve. He did not wish for the survivors -- any of them -- to meet their end, not this way. He wondered now if they had been better off in the lab; at least then they were warm and fed..

But he snapped quickly to his senses, comforted by Junkyard Dog's mutterings. Yet all the same it sickened him and wrought great upset in his gut -- good dog? He was not ever a good dog in the eyes of the otoko -- yet all the same, he swallowed any bitterness he had for their kind. "Stay close - we can make it." The goliath shook his head, unbelieving -- despite Junkyard Dog's slowly draining state, he could not and would not allow the wilderness to win.