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For Vedetta! <3

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How long had he wandered in his lonesome?

With no sense of direction and no goals, Mateo felt like he was floating in some strange limbo. Loneliness was usually something he could tolerate on his good and bad days, but he didn’t know how long he could make excuses for his indecision. Wandering as a wayfaring medic – seeking to take care of others while trying to care for himself was taking a toll on his weakening frame.

He’d been walking for some time now – a sniffle stifling his ability to track his way back to base….Mateo had come down with a cold of all things. The man scoffed.

Leaning against the base of a tall alpine tree, his frame slumped as he’d sat himself against the tree, achy muscles making him feel groggy. Perhaps he’d rest here for a while…

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Skill 1/5: expert vaga

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She was out exploring, something she did most of the time, but this time she had the thought of bringing a friend back, someone to keep her mama happy. She knew her mama had that Nik guy, but sometimes he went out hunting and if she was out exploring, that left mama alone and that couldn't happen. So, she would bring her mother back a friend to keep her company at all times. That was her new goal.

She had already tried a few creatures, but she soon found out that spiders were creepy, snakes weren't friendly and butterflies were rather tasty.... not that that was her fault of course, it just flew directly into her mouth.....

But now, she explored around, searching for new things and wanting to find something that would make her mama happy. She had found a fox and bounded up to it, but it got scared and ran, making her huff slightly. Before she could rush after it to forcefully drag it back to be her friend, another creature caught her attention. A wolf, sitting down by a tree, and as she quickly bound over to him, she smiled and pawed at his nose. Hi there! Are you okay? Are you sick? Do you need help? She cocked her head to the side, flicking her tail behind her as she waited rather impatiently to see what was wrong with this man.

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Perhaps the feeling of his skin had numbed in his weakness and exhaustion – there seemed to be a tickle against his nose. The sensation caused it to wiggle, making his face scrunch in irritation while he slumbered and a groan to rumble from his chest. ‘Must be a bug or something.’, he thought in his half-asleep state. It was not a bug – that much being apparent by the increased pressure against his nose.

Sooner or later, his eyes had snapped open, a growl rippling from his lips almost by instinct. A noise that would slowly air out into nothingness until the irritation on his face warped into that of confusion – a dark gaze that peered owlishly into a pair of bright-pink opals. Who the hell was this?

He recoiled, the back of his head pressed against the tree behind him and away from the woman’s touch. A paw was placed over his nose. Wh-What are you doing!? He questioned. It was a coyote – one that nearly blended into the backdrop…

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