Alpine Lake A Thwack of Thought

Life begins twice. Once, when your eyes open and the world flutters and stirs, welcoming you with her elements and complexities. This was a commonplace staple for all wolves and their next of kin. It didn't get much simpler than that and was a known concept to all.

What some may not have known was the time in which a life begins anew. This set event had no real commonality across the web of lives that lay strewn across the many biomes in the world. One day, out of nowhere, it came for every single individual. Today, it just so happened that it would strike Cassian Nevuma from behind.

Quite literally.

Alpine Lake. The water here tasted fresh, cold, and almost...sweet? Lapping at it, Cassian felt a wave of relaxation wash over him. Patches of stained fur coaxed with blood mixed down into the sanctuary. It was the last remaining tale of a rabbit that had made its careless mistake in getting within his formerly starved, aching belly. Rising his head from the pool of water, Cassian took several steps back. A single shake ran across his entire body, getting the last few remaining droplets off of his maw.

Stretching, Cassian's tail went high into the air with his body arched low. A long, strained yawn fumbled out from him and right when he closed his eyes the wolf began to scamper off. Due southbound, into a stretch of densely packed forests. Brushing past trees, into bushes, and going about aimlessly. Then, while making his way through, a single tree branch caved with his bodyweight. It bent, but it did not break, and on its way back up it resounded with a force strong enough to smack him upside the head.

This would've been trivial to anybody else, but to Cassian it woke him up. Blinking once, twice, and then a third after the initially pained yelp fled his maw, a confused breath left him. His stomach was filled, his mouth was wet, and yet...

What was he doing here? Why? What was the purpose behind it? And, more importantly...

"Where am I going?" He asked himself, sitting his rump down in temporary thought.