Digging a Little Deeper

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There was something strange afoot. Of that much, the little spring wolf was certain. She stood there, upon the glowing sands and waters, a frown pulling the shape of her mouth as she stared out upon the ocean. She remembered being here before, remembered looking out at the waters like this but... it was all different, too. There had not been this glow, nor the dead lands that she stared across at now.

Persephone stood there, long tail limp behind her, wondering where her mother was, where her friends were, and why she felt there were holes in her memory. Her ears low, the honey coated girl turned from the ocean and its vast emptiness to walk along its shores, stars blossoming around her paws as she went.

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You, girl -

She stopped, her head swinging around to look back at the one that had called out to her. Eyes wide and perhaps slightly bewildered, Persephone looked upon the man, half his face cast in darkness while the sun set to what she presumed was their West. He was huge; the only reason that she did not need to crane her head back to look at him was the distance between him but even from here, she could see that he was impossibly tall and imposing.

How had she gotten here. That pretty little frown deepened. “I...” Her brow furrowed, gaze casting out to the sea and then to the land again before it came back to the man once more.

“I'm not sure...” Her voice was soft, sweet, and sincere, if a touch confused and unsure. “I think I woke up here...”

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The little honey wolf watched as the man strode near, never moving, never skittering away to give him a wider berth. Instead, she stood rooted to the spot, wondering if he had some sort of response or explanation. Something here was amiss, and it didn't strike her to be him. No, it seemed -- felt, even -- to be deeper than that. 

It was not until that the towering mountain of a man passed her by that Persephone felt able to move her limbs again, turning to lope after him, her steps tiny in comparison to his that ate so much ground with such little effort. Walking beside him took effort, having to speed up every few steps she took before slowing down again.

“What about you?” She asked him, saccharine eyes bright in darkening evening.

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“Okay,” She chirped at his admission of not knowing, something she took no issue with. They could not know together, for now at least. Persephone was no solitary creature, especially not in some unknown place like this, where she recognized nothing and no one. Even the company of such a brusque and brash giant was better than being by herself right now.

“I think I have as well… or maybe three times…” It all blurred together in a way that made the small girl unable to make sense of any of it. She remembered someone else imposing, and a tendril of fear curled through her at the thought. Another small, pretty frown. “It’s odd… I feel like I’ve done this all before, but… I think I forgot?” Perse fell quiet then, thinking hard, trying to grasp all that which was just out of reach.

And then she shook her head, freeing herself of all of it for the moment. “I’m Persephone,” The honey wolf introduced herself, offering the large male a small smile.

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It was only when the man turned on her and glowered down at her that Persephone truly let that mask slip; her ears fell back and her frame shrank down and away from him, tail falling from its rather neutral position to lay against her hocks a fine, almost unnoticeable tremor gripping her body. “I—” Pink eyes lowered, not looking at him, not looking at the disdain he held for her. She had seen that before, felt the shame and sadness that came with it.

Heat prickled at her eyes and Persephone mumbled a tiny, simple apology to him:
 

“sorry”

Before she turned and left him, slinking back the way she came. The little honey wolf couldn't bear to be around someone that looked at her that way.

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She left him alone. She'd figure things out on her own, in spite of everyone. In spite of her mother. In spite of that scary wolf in her memories. In spite of the man she'd just met. She'd figure it out...

Somehow...

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