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Sincerely, Shrikesong

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Robin is a survior. She learns quickly, too. I don't believe it was a mistake she was the last one standing.

We don't speak to each other much. There's no need. It's an interesting thing, living with someone you know so well you go about your life in mostly silence. You and Duskwind were close. Did you ever need to speak to each other, or could you just understand one another as brothers?

I look forward to the day when I get to watch her first hunt.

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We have a little intruder in our territory. She's a coyote, a small one, just a pup. I don't think she's alone, but she never comes with anyone else. The first time she just sat and watched as Robin and I ate. After a while, Robin stood up and gave her a sliver of meat. The coyote pup snatched it and ran off, and that was that.

A few days later, she came back, and Robin gave her more food. I've never seen my little Robin so generous, but then, Canary wasn't the best example, was she?

How is Canary? Is she still ... unusual?

Best not to dwell on her.

Anyhow, the little coyote pup has become close to Robin. There are times I return to the den and she's curled up next to Robin, asleep, or they're running around playing a game. I imagine the little coyote is what Canary could have been...

I've taken to calling the coyote pup Scavenger. She seems to like it.

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Scavenger seems to spend more time with us than her own family, or wherever she goes when she leaves us. I've taken to hunting enough for three. Sometimes she takes her bit and runs off, sometimes she sits and eats with us.

What kind of wolf must I sound like? One who hunts for her coywolf daughter and a stray coyote pup. Maybe there was a time when I would have sneered at the thought, but I suppose motherhood has changed me.

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Canary haunts my every dream. I always find myself running to the den, seeing her standing over all of my dead pups, covered in blood.

It terrifies me, what she might have been capable of if Robin hadn't fought back.

I birthed a monster.

I can't help but wonder if she had been around her grandparents or you and Duskwind, would she have turned out better? Was it a flaw with me? Or was she doomed to be a monster all along.

Tell me she's better in the Forever Grounds. Tell me she's better with you. I hope you are a better uncle than I was a mother.

Give me peace of mind, Littlehare,

Shrikesong

~CL1

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