Blacktail Deer Plateau court dramas

"I'm not," the youth agreed without doing anything to address the situation, crunching across the frosty ground until he reached the larger wolf's side. Theirs was a peculiar partnership, but it seemed to work. Pura would even go so far as to say he enjoyed the routine of it - and more so the power of being in charge. It was almost thrilling.

Pura was physically larger and lacked the playfulness of a normal boy his age, exacerbating the few months that separated his and Valtyr's ages. To his surprise, he had amassed a great deal of knowledge in his short life - mostly around stalking, observing, and dealing with meat. Most recently, he had peeled the face clean off a wolf, but Valtyr wasn't to know that.

"What do you want to be?" Pura asked instead of answering the question, continuing on in the direction of the northern border.