Agne

— Today is a good day for a walk, — Andreas nods towards the exit. Confusion flashes across his interlocutor's face, but Kazu quickly hides it behind another smile.

— Yes, today is a wonderful day for research. I think it would be good for Nari to unwind, — Kazu hurries to leave, not wanting to continue the topic.

— You didn't have to run Kazu, — Andreas snorts, he doesn't call his fellow tribesman to return. They are members of the same pack, but right now their closeness is not enough to understand each other. Andreas finds this razocharovyvayushchim.


Kazu growls, baring his teeth. Andreas doesn't dare judge him! He wasn't there where Kazu was. He didn't feel the same emptiness in his chest when, one step away from his dream, the world collapsed. It wasn't his heart that turned to dust and it wasn't his paw that was broken, depriving its owner of life. Andreas didn't lose the meaning of existence, he won't be able to understand. And Kazu doesn't even try to convey this. The only thing worse than judgment is pity.

— Ty kuda-to toropish'sya, puppy? — Kazu nuzzles into someone else's shoulder. Is it awkward enough, to call today one of the worst days of life? «although the days when I was left lying in the snow, waiting for someone else's pity, were definitely the worst in my life» — Hey puppy, is everything okay?

— Yes, I –was just thinking, — slova Agne privodyat Kadzu v chuvstvo. Pered Andreasom ili Sokolom on by ne stal zaderzhivat'sya izvinit'sya, skryt'sya ot chuzhikh vzglyadov, do togo kak oni nachali by zadavat' voprosy. But Agne. A different case. Different feelings and a different threshold of knowledge about each other. Kazu can trust her with his feelings, and Agne can keep them.

(How they saved each other's lives previously. How they pulled each other out of the abyss.)

— ... Maybe it's time for me to hit the road? Travelers endure the hardships of surviving alone, it's the price they pay for wanting to be free. But, right now I'm standing still and. I want to find my way back, Agne, to fulfill my goal so– ..I think maybe I should go~

— And die. Kazu, I saved you when you were dying. I glued the fragments of your soul together and you were always a complete optimist. Even when it seemed like everything was over you kept moving forward, but now. This journey is meaningless, it's just stupidity and if you go on this journey. I'll have to bring flowers to another grave because if you leave giving up then I couldn't save you. Anyway, don't make Nari wait, his squeals irritate me, — Agne presses ears to head.

Kazu doesn't answer. He would smile, he would say that everything is fine while the demon in his head assures him to bare his fangs. To show that other people's feelings are not important. Kazu would do this to anyone except Agne. They are in a similar situation, only now they are on different paths. Kazu is not going to change his choice, he knows that he will never be the same. The past Kazu died anyway, but maybe the new Kazu is not as lost as he thinks he is.


Agne sighs, she wants to bite this puppy for his stupidity, but it is too low for her indifferent status. (In the evening, Agne overhears a conversation between Sokol and Andreas. In which Sokol assures Andreas that Agne has clearly found someone more than just a friend. She bares her teeth, not wanting to confirm these rumors).