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I... I'm sorry I... Only meant the prey... He uttered, afraid he'd offended her by stating that there was nothing worthwhile... He should have clarified before. Great there he went going and offending the first wolf he'd met beside Tiberii, he was really good at screwing up wasn't he... Even his awakening was a screw up, he'd tripped the leader of the mountain...

The vale provides everything we need... She told him and he nodded, I... I'm sure I'm so sorry... I just haven't found anything yet... He tried to further clarify but felt he was somehow failing in this too...

She stepped closer, and he allowed it, she placed her paw over his and she told him to rest, that sometimes nothing worthwhile needs to be done. He blinked at her a few times before looking down at her paw on his own, he felt like he should probably feel something, happiness or something... But he felt nothing but confusion...

Maybe the absence of effort is its own kind of effort... He quietly stated, his deep eyes turning from their met paws back to Euphemia's own. Confusion swirling behind eyes that rested under lowered eyebrows.

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