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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 2610731" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>I been thinking. Really thinking. It's just a shame that I waited this long to take a good, hard look at my situation. I'm stuck, and stuck good. This far north, there ain't a whole lotta wizards hanging around that'd be able to turn me back to human form. That is, if I could even get the idea across to them that I wasn't just another winter wolf. Odds are, if I want changed back, I'm gonna have to go back the way I came, back to civilization. I figure I could make the trip okay, now that I got used to this body and all, and picked up the hunting and fighting skills I need to survive. And daily, I've noticed my senses are getting more wolf-like. The smells I can pick up now, and such detail! I never woulda believed it.</p><p></p><p>But then what? I make it back, and what happens? I get attacked as a killer wolf, that's what. I can't talk like a human no more, and I never did learn to write. Never really seemed important, you know? So how do I get my story across without getting killed first? I bloody well don't, that's how.</p><p></p><p>I might as well face it. I'm a winter wolf now, like it or not.</p><p></p><p>But that ain't really so bad, is it? For one thing, I'm at the top of the food chain here. As a winter wolf, there's nothing I can't hunt down if I put my mind to it, and far as I know, nothing preys on winter wolves. 'Cept maybe people, I guess. These pelts of ours are worth quite a lot on the open market, I've heard.<strong>[12]</strong> But I'd just like to see somebody try and get mine, or any of my pack-mates'. Apparently it's been tried before, 'cause there's a warrior's helmet and a busted-up bow back in the ice cave, the remains of some stupid hunter out to get rich on winter wolf pelts. The cubs use them as toys.</p><p></p><p>Far as I can see, every day I'm becoming less and less human and more and more wolf. Out with the Ernest, in with the Brute. Well, fine by me. Only things is gonna hafta be a little different 'round here. Starting with the leader.</p><p></p><p>I been watching him. He's a big one, and powerful. But I think even he's a little afraid of me. After all, I'm a legend, ain't I? - the one that single-handedly killed a bear-monster. And that just might be the edge I need....</p><p></p><p>I climb to the top of the ice cliff and howl my determination to the arctic moon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 2610731, member: 508"] I been thinking. Really thinking. It's just a shame that I waited this long to take a good, hard look at my situation. I'm stuck, and stuck good. This far north, there ain't a whole lotta wizards hanging around that'd be able to turn me back to human form. That is, if I could even get the idea across to them that I wasn't just another winter wolf. Odds are, if I want changed back, I'm gonna have to go back the way I came, back to civilization. I figure I could make the trip okay, now that I got used to this body and all, and picked up the hunting and fighting skills I need to survive. And daily, I've noticed my senses are getting more wolf-like. The smells I can pick up now, and such detail! I never woulda believed it. But then what? I make it back, and what happens? I get attacked as a killer wolf, that's what. I can't talk like a human no more, and I never did learn to write. Never really seemed important, you know? So how do I get my story across without getting killed first? I bloody well don't, that's how. I might as well face it. I'm a winter wolf now, like it or not. But that ain't really so bad, is it? For one thing, I'm at the top of the food chain here. As a winter wolf, there's nothing I can't hunt down if I put my mind to it, and far as I know, nothing preys on winter wolves. 'Cept maybe people, I guess. These pelts of ours are worth quite a lot on the open market, I've heard.[b][12][/b] But I'd just like to see somebody try and get mine, or any of my pack-mates'. Apparently it's been tried before, 'cause there's a warrior's helmet and a busted-up bow back in the ice cave, the remains of some stupid hunter out to get rich on winter wolf pelts. The cubs use them as toys. Far as I can see, every day I'm becoming less and less human and more and more wolf. Out with the Ernest, in with the Brute. Well, fine by me. Only things is gonna hafta be a little different 'round here. Starting with the leader. I been watching him. He's a big one, and powerful. But I think even he's a little afraid of me. After all, I'm a legend, ain't I? - the one that single-handedly killed a bear-monster. And that just might be the edge I need.... I climb to the top of the ice cliff and howl my determination to the arctic moon. [/QUOTE]
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