Moonsong Glacier [m] going toe to toe with an enchantress

even if it wasn’t dark, val likely wouldn’t have caught the slight slip of iron composure in aventus’ facade. he was too busy trying to decipher what ‘good’ meant. good he has been scared..? good he’d been thinking of taking a nap..?

not that val was extraordinarily dumb, he was just naive in the way babies were to the world. he didn’t have enough experience to build on to know these things instinctively. to know that the male before him wasn’t simply a wolf, but a bear dressed in wolf’s clothing.

aventus’ gaze flickered back to the wall, with val involuntarily taking that time to shift carefully to his fore paws. my family. at least, i think. that’s where they were last time i saw them. i’m val. val’s face twisted in a moment of deep guilt. i kinda just left them one day. i dunno. it felt natural. but then one thing turned to another and i got lost. i know they live on the coast somewhere. val’s speech trailed off, realizing something a bit too late. why can’t you be too careful?