Whitebark Stream somnus

grow large? — he gasped, thinking of his father — like a wolf? did that mean alsek would be large, too? imagining himself any bigger than he was in that moment felt impossible. 

alsek's gaze had drifted over to the water and his reflection on the surface. he hardly noticed germa's descent, being so engulfed in his own imagined future. rain? he asked, shaking his head.