Ray and the girl didn’t go far before they went into a bigger room. It was there… Ray shivered but he tried his best to seem normal. That nightmarish, furless creature who killed his family with his kind was sitting there, eating. When Ray and the girl came in, he looked up and smiled, but all Ray felt was horror and disgust. He didn’t dare to move. He wanted to pretend to be the perfect pet, but the memories of losing his family one by one kept assaulting him. The best he could do was not move at all.
Ray inwardly started panicking as he saw the creature stand up and come closer. He wanted to run away, but he knew he shouldn’t. He tucked in his tail and lowered himself. He was terrified. The man frowned and crouched down to put his hands around Ray’s head. Ray was uncontrollably shivering. He knew he should pretend, but he was helpless, he was too traumatized, he lost control of himself.
He felt the creature’s probing of his soul, but this time it stayed on the surface. It kept going over and over to the connection Ray had with the girl, but didn’t intrude deeper. Ray was confused.
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So as long as I have you, I don’t have to worry about… wait a minute… couldn’t you have done something when he ripped my connection to the Storm Wolves?
“I could have, but I didn’t,”
“I don’t owe you anything. I help you when I wish to. Don’t expect me to solve your every tiny problem.”
Getting a part of my soul ripped out of me wasn’t tiny… You live in my soul, so you should… pay rent!
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“...how do you even know what paying rent is?”
I don’t, what is it? I just felt like it suited here. The smells must have told me.
After the beast tamer inspected the pup’s soul, he didn’t find anything amiss. He petted the pup’s head and got up.
“Everything seems alright. Since I had to break his wild Storm Wolf connection it’s not surprising he’s a bit different. Your connection with him feels okay?” the beast tamer asked his daughter, deep in thought.
The girl answered frowning a bit, “I’m not sure. Dusk seemed pretty scared now, but I felt nothing from him?”
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Vorm, do you understand what they are saying?
“Of course. While you were knocked out on the way here, I learnt their language,”
Ray decided to swallow his pride.
“Why would Vorm bother?
Ray swallowed his pride harder.
“Vorm didn’t understand why Ray always asked the obvious.
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Ray kept swallowing his pride so hard he almost choked on it.
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“… Vorm had enough of the fool’s pestering.
But there was no answer.
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“Vorm suddenly said.
A boundless happiness spread within Ray. He didn’t even realize before how much he relied on Vorm now.
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Ray complained justifiably.
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You don’t need to sleep, do you?
“Pff, I’m not a weakling like you who needs to sleep. Only the weak sleep.”
So… earlier you lied when you said you were going to sleep?
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So lame… of me to think you’d need to sleep haha…
It was not a question, it was a statement that Ray was sure of.
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“…” Vorm reluctantly answered in an uncharacteristically somber tone
Ray pondered about that. He did think his Father was the strongest, and couldn’t imagine anyone stronger, but then the humans killed him. But then the terrifying human was easily fooled by Vorm. So if there was someone even stronger than Vorm, it wouldn’t be weird. I understand. There are probably many things stronger than you too—
“Vorm hastily clarified before the fool would have even more strange ideas.
“you
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Ray was enlightened.
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Vorm sighed, atme. Before, there was no distinction between the fool’s thoughts like this, but Vorm had compromised for stability. The fool’s soul really refused to have zero privacy.
you really can’t hear my thoughts if I don’t want you to, that’s great!
Why did you do that?! You can read all my thoughts after all, can’t you!
“…Asked Vorm menacingly.
Ray’s indignation instantly evaporated.
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