Where the gasps and screams as they saw me made me cringe, crouching down low in the cage. How I hated hearing him say that, as if it was something disgusting and abnormal. Kaela came up to my shoulder, panting hard as well but licking my face, comforting me. The wound was clean but…but it was still leaking blood. He started to come to me but I pounced on him first, licking and nibbling and laughing. And as you know now, though I mention it happening regularly, I don’t detail it anymore. I was shivering, and frustrated. Just an animal? I left Kaela, making my way to the stream I had seen nearby. But I still didn’t know where to go, just wandering, it was all I could do. Pulling it open Kaela leaped out, and I let myself a minute of joy with her, savoring her joy of being together. The bear rocked, roared, and turned away from me, charging off back into the undergrowth.
