you do not know who is your friend or who is your enemy until the ICE breaks. Oh.
Turns out Ice the Misunderstander had struck again. Either that, or Fireweed Rise cursed his mind. When he'd met the three females here, things had been...tense. Apparently one of them thought Ice was a monster, the first one misunderstood him and he just misunderstood the rest. In the end, he'd stalked off, upset with their lack of understanding and not wanting to switch to anger himself. Now, he simply cocked his head as he listened, refusing to let his own thoughts drift back to his past. That was tramontane, and had no place here. This was a new life, a new time, a future. This Teldias might rue his own move as much as he did, but he would not send Ice back to where he'd come from. Instead, he bobbed his head. "I see, I see," he murmured, for he did - Ice wasn't stupid, just slow and a bit... well, stupid. No, that wasn't true either, but sometimes he did not make all the necessary connections or fully understand what was going on. Now seemed to be one of those times, but with clear explanations, he understood. Wall his rampant thoughts off from every direction, and they strayed peacefully in the intended direction. Let them run amok, well... things seldom ended up the way they should then.
So, his assessment of Teldias being a hunter was correct. Ice's head bobbed again as he thought, his ears swirling atop his head as he listened to the sounds of dusk. Well.. hunters were good, he guessed. As far as Ice knew, none of Swift River was really specialized in it, but they all did well. If his internal clock was anything to go by, the breeding season would come soon, and likely Corinna would be .. indisposed .. for some time. And before she'd be done with being indisposed, she'd need a lot of food. And after that they'd need a lot of food still. Ice's tail swept the powdery snow in an arc as his thoughts spun behind his gray eyes, and with a dawning smirk he noticed how the other male's tail was acting. He seemed to like to hunt, if that was anything to go by. Good.
"Well, Teldias," he began, searching for words that would convey his meaning and sound important at the same time. Ice wasn't that good a talker truth to be told - sometimes, some divine inspiration gave him a tongue of silver and words of honey, but at other times it was like trying to talk to a fish. "Hunting is good. If all goes well, there'll be many mouths to feed come spring and summer. I can't promise anything, but I could bring you in front of Corinna and Indru, and see what they make of you." Unbidden, the two loners howling on Swift River's doorstep sprung to his mind. He grimaced. "And if I do, you'd better crawl across the ground with your tail tucked up somewhere no one can find it. Some loners thought it was a good idea to not give Corinna the proper respect, and let's just say it did not sit well with her..." Understandable. Hundred percent understandable and warranted. Ice felt somewhat like a fool for telling him this, for really, he should know to crawl when set before a pack leader. He grimaced. "I, uh, that was rather .. pointless. To say. I mean. They're not mean, but. You know. You have to know your place, to keep things calm. It's.. good, actually. It's not good when they get angry." He blinked, gave his head a miniscule shake. Stupid stupid rambling Ice. It was natural to bow when in the presence of your leaders, so why the hell was he busy telling this wolf?
"So.. what say you?" he muttered, to break the awkward thoughts within his own mind. .ice aesir |