Mount Apikuni cat and mouse in partnership

He couldn’t remember the last time he’d heard his real name. He couldn’t remember who had spoken it or for what reason. He’d nearly forgotten what it sounded like coming from someone else. But the sound of his birthright now touched him so deeply that a sob broke through and racked his body with terrible shudders. He buried his teary face into the plush, comforting boa around Wintersbane’s chest, and whimpered himself quiet again.
Thade swallowed thickly as calmness returned. Y-Yeah, the boy hiccupped. Can we.. d’you think we can c-catch a rabbit? They’re m-my favorite. He looked up at the tall, tall wolf, his green eyes heavy with a child’s imploring sadness.