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the wolf is trotting along the outskirts of a town, hoping to find something edible under the dark cover of the night. there are not a lot of people around, but all the more foxes and stray cats. the cats generally stay out of her way, but when she passes by an alley, she sees a fox eating a dead bird - it never has to come to a fight with them, she doesn’t even need to growl, she simply perks her ears and lets her tongue hang out of her mouth as she trots and then picks up speed to run towards the fox which retreats last second. she stops chasing it right away and digs into her find. the city is so loud. the scents are almost overwhelming in both strength and quantity, it’s nearly suffocating. but not now. not as a dark figure passes by the alley - she hears the footsteps before she smells anything, which takes her by surprise and causes her to jerk her head up from the now finished meal. but just as suddenly as it came, the moment has passed together with the person, and she relaxes. but then, she senses something strange. the person’s scent doesn’t blend into all the other scents. in fact, it isn’t there at all. the person was loud in his silence, and he barely smells... of anything. he was alive, she saw him walk by, but he smelled like dead. he smelled cold, and nothing, covered in chemicals. what was it? she folded her ears back so they were flat against her skull and lowered her head, carefully nearing the alley entrance. she didn’t like it, it felt wrong and she licked her lips nervously, her brow furrowed giving her eyes a worried look and her gaze flickered back and forth anxiously.
