Sleepy Fox Hollow zwei

it felt good to know paleo was doing well, despite having to rebuild from the ground up. coyotes were pesky, he had to fend off the scavengers more than a few times for his scavenged meals.
astraeus was caught off guard by mahler's question. he shook his head with insistent vigor. he could barely look at himself the way he was, much less someone else.
he didn't think it something that was meant for him. he would ignore the old desire in mute, desperate heart.