(screeee you should have pm'd me. :C i would never have let this thread sit for so looooong! also, i'm assuming it's nighttime?)
Chulyin was never one to
malinger. He patrolled with the utmost diligence, and could even be considered obsessive on occasion. But sometimes, even the most steadfast knight needed to sleep. Throughout hours of sleeplessness he would tread on, almost constantly moving, not desiring to be still lest the sandman catch up with him. When he did stop, however, sleep almost instantly conquered him. Even when the sun rose and fell, eventually pulling him from sleep, and his bones ached, and he didn't wise to rise and face the sun, he did anyway. Who knew what drove the man on. His sister, perhaps, the driving force of everything the man did...Or perhaps it was the perpetual, unshaken optimism that one day he might
feel something.
Sometime in the early afternoon, he'd retreated to the den to nap once his paws had started dragging through the snows. Chulyin had intended for it to be short-lived, a quick resting of his eyes, but when he woke, he felt the warmth of his packmates around him, and no light shone through the opening ahead of him, the light did not greet his eyes as it usually did, as he rested so close to their entrance. Nostrils flared in mild irritation as he rose, sliding quietly into the night. He might've become something of a ghost in recent weeks, finding himself more active in the night time. Maybe as some unconscious awareness that if there was food, he'd have a better chance of getting it at night, when it was harder to see him. Regardless of the reasoning, he was out now, whether he wanted to or not, and, wide awake, he wandered towards the borders, keep his steps high and his head low, acutely aware of his surroundings.
As he neared the borders, the cold air, which stung his nostrils, also alerted him to the presence of Karpos. Out late again, it seemed. Lifting his stature slightly, he peered around the tangled trees hoping to catch a glance of the boy that seemed nearly his clone.
"Karpos." Chulyin spoke, just above a whisper, the command, hoping to draw the boy out.
Lurking until the end of July - Please PM/tag me to get my attention