Bearclaw Valley I dislike you more than you know

Artok's ears flattened tightly to his head. He growled slightly, he didn't want Scarlett's name brought up, or the means of their bond. She had saved him, treated him kindly. Had stood up for him, when the world was against him. So yes he had formed an attachment, but it hadn't been formed lightly and he still struggled with it slightly.

He stared at him, blankly for a moment. It was not just Tuwawi, that made him this way. It had been everything, Sinaaq, Tuwawi, Malachi, Tyrr, even Maera. All of them had made him into this. perhaps if we both tried. But you see that's the thing. I don't try, I just do.