==> Be sleepy asshole called John. Only if it means you don't have to be awake. You refuse to lose more sleep than you have to. Pancake agrees with you, telling your brand new troll packmate to Sleep.
He (you think the troll is a he? Maybe? Urgh, ask tomorrow, sleep now) obeys, which is awesome. Understanding wolfspeech this fast means a really strong bond, and that means that you are now officially part of the coolest pack ever.
You sling a leg over your shiny new packmate, and obey your wolf.
==> Be sleepy asshole called John after getting a good night's sleep. You would love to, but the preparations for last night mean that you didn't get nearly as much sleep as you'd like. Trying to sleep in only gets you slapped in the face by Pancake's tail, though, as you know from far too many mornings, so you are forcing yourself up as soon as you hear, Up now!
It's worth it when you see your new packmate blinking his creepy-cool yellow eyes in disbelief.
==> Speak to new packmate. "Hi!"
Hi, mine! his puppy agrees. You kind of want really badly to scritch her head for being such a good girl - if she hadn't insisted (and gotten Nanna to agree, which proved it was about her partner because queenwolves don't side with puppies over anything less), the patrols last night wouldn't have been lax enough for the troll to come and find her.
It is all kinds of awesome that trolls can packbond. Packbonding means they're people. Packbonding means there's a chance of finding terms with them, because it means the people in charge can't pretend that trolls aren't people.
Packbonding means it might be possible for this damn war to end.
Wow, that was grim! You shake the thoughts out of your head, and make sure that you're still smiling at your new packmate. "Hey, do trolls have names?"
He stares at you in disbelief, and you suddenly want to scritch his head, right between the teeny-tiny horns poking out of his black fur. Hair. Which do trolls have, anyway?
"Why does that matter?" You almost think he means whether he has hair or fur, but he continues, "We're enemies, you caught me sneaking into your camp last night - the only reason you should want my name is if you're planning on taunting your next opponents that they'll die as easily as I did!"
"Hey!" Die? You speak almost as fast as his puppy, but seeing the way he reaches instinctively to comfort her makes up for the flash of hurt at his lack of trust.
Which wouldn't make sense to people who weren't wolfpartners, but everyone here is, (okay, maybe not Dirk, but he's still pack) so they'll get it perfectly. He's pack now. How can he not trust you?
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Only if it means you don't have to be awake. You refuse to lose more sleep than you have to. Pancake agrees with you, telling your brand new troll packmate to Sleep.
He (you think the troll is a he? Maybe? Urgh, ask tomorrow, sleep now) obeys, which is awesome. Understanding wolfspeech this fast means a really strong bond, and that means that you are now officially part of the coolest pack ever.
You sling a leg over your shiny new packmate, and obey your wolf.
==> Be sleepy asshole called John after getting a good night's sleep.
You would love to, but the preparations for last night mean that you didn't get nearly as much sleep as you'd like. Trying to sleep in only gets you slapped in the face by Pancake's tail, though, as you know from far too many mornings, so you are forcing yourself up as soon as you hear, Up now!
It's worth it when you see your new packmate blinking his creepy-cool yellow eyes in disbelief.
==> Speak to new packmate.
"Hi!"
Hi, mine! his puppy agrees. You kind of want really badly to scritch her head for being such a good girl - if she hadn't insisted (and gotten Nanna to agree, which proved it was about her partner because queenwolves don't side with puppies over anything less), the patrols last night wouldn't have been lax enough for the troll to come and find her.
It is all kinds of awesome that trolls can packbond. Packbonding means they're people. Packbonding means there's a chance of finding terms with them, because it means the people in charge can't pretend that trolls aren't people.
Packbonding means it might be possible for this damn war to end.
Wow, that was grim! You shake the thoughts out of your head, and make sure that you're still smiling at your new packmate. "Hey, do trolls have names?"
He stares at you in disbelief, and you suddenly want to scritch his head, right between the teeny-tiny horns poking out of his black fur. Hair. Which do trolls have, anyway?
"Why does that matter?" You almost think he means whether he has hair or fur, but he continues, "We're enemies, you caught me sneaking into your camp last night - the only reason you should want my name is if you're planning on taunting your next opponents that they'll die as easily as I did!"
"Hey!" Die? You speak almost as fast as his puppy, but seeing the way he reaches instinctively to comfort her makes up for the flash of hurt at his lack of trust.
Which wouldn't make sense to people who weren't wolfpartners, but everyone here is, (okay, maybe not Dirk, but he's still pack) so they'll get it perfectly. He's pack now. How can he not trust you?