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[Pengu.]

Rannoch furrowed his eyebrows quiet a bit, not quite understanding what she meant. "How can you stand...being pushed around by that brute? Doesn't it just kill you, to not be with or around those who love and care? Those, who let you be free?" he asked, looking her in the eye. Rann didnt see it, he could never live with an owner who didnt care. "I am so...what?" Rannoch added with a smirk, flicking his tail aimlessly. "Irresistable? Odd? Weird? Unique?" he rallied off words that came to his mind. "I live inside those fences because it is my duty, to my family. If I was not there, their livestock would suffer and be murdered. They would have no money to get food or pay for their shelter, and would be left with nothing. Without me, they would die. Though I am replaceable, I suppose, it is my responsibility."

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Krystalia shrugged her shoulders, looking down with a small frown on her face, sadness in her eyes. "I stand it because I'm used to it. Doesnt mean I like it, or him for that matter, but it's been the same every day since we were pups." She explained in a gentle, quiet voice. Looking up at his smirk, she blushed a deep pink, hitting him with her paw on his chest. "Irresistable? Really? Not even close to what I thought, sorry." She giggled a bit, but as she listened to him continue, her face became more serious, yet still confused. "So they could replace you? Just kick you out and get a new dog, so why do you stay?"

[Pengu.]

Rannoch looked up to the sky as he spoke softly. "Because..I love them." he replied simply, smiling as he returned his attention to her. "Could you leave the ones you loved? Could you even bare it? I could not, it is all I know and I love them with all of my being. Without them, I am lost."

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Krystalia watched him, ears upright and perked slightly forward as she listened attentively to what he said. She felt a strange tingle run through her as he looked at her, and she looked down shyly. "Well, the only creatures I really care about are brother, and my mother. My father just wants me around because the alpha wants me, the males of my pack just want me for my beauty. The pack isnt together because we want to be, its because we were born into it. I mean, my mother was killed by hunters a few weeks ago. So really, the only reason I stay is for my little brother."

[Pengu.]

Rannoch nodded, looking up to the trees above. He often stared off into nothingness, into the nature around him. No real reason for it, just that it made him more comfortable. "My point exactly. Even if you do not like your environment completely, you do not run away. You stay, for love. I stay for my humans as you do for your brother." he replied. "Are there any other questions you have of me?"

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"Just one more, if I may ask it." Krystalia said, understanding his logic to a point, but not completely. She let her eyes wander from him, to the trees and nature around them, calming herself down a bit before she spoke. "How can you love a human? Its a human. Its not like your sibling or mother, or even another dog. Its a HUMAN. They hunt my kind, and we are not much different then you."

[Pengu.]

"Dogs, are still a different being from a human. Though, we share the same blood to an extent, can you not deny that we are different?" Rannoch began, shuffling his paws in the dirt. "I was raised by a human, so in my mind, they are my family. Parents, if you will. I love them as you love your father, and you did your mother. My humans..they are my protectors. Though I can take care of myself, they sheild me when I need it. Love me undyingly, provide for me. You can say, my human family is my pack." Rannoch explained. "Dogs do not see humans as killers, and dont get me wrong. They do kill our race as well as yours, but we have a partnership. It is one not easily broken. I am sure it doesnt answer your question, but it is the best I can do on short notice." he smiled.

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Krystalia's eyes furrowed together in total bewilderment and confusion at his words. HUMANS were his pack? That definately made no sense at all, especially to someone like her, where wolves and more wolves were all she knew. She shook her head, no smile on her face as she looked up at him. "Your right, I dont understand. Especially when I've seen first hand what horrible things humans can do. Do you see these markings, the blue markings on me? They are not because I was born with them, what wolf has blue on them? It defies nature. My home was raided when I was a pup. Some pack members killed, stripped of their pelts. Most escaped, but I was too young, too small to realize what was happening. They took me. I didnt see anything but the inside of a metal cage, feel anything but the gloved hands of humans, the prick of needles as they injected strange substances in me, for over a year. One day, they just stopped coming. All of us animals there were abandoned, and finally, we were able to break free. Tell me how I could ever even begin to undertand your love of a human, when all I've ever known from them, was torment, and pain, and suffering." By the end of her tale, her ears were lat back, pelt prickling as she sat stiff.

[Pengu.]

"Not all humans are as bad as they seem. As there are good and bad wolves, there are good and bad humans. You just had to deal with a few of the bad ones." Rannoch replied, slight edge to the voice at the challenge of his humans. A low growl wished to come from his throat, but he pushed it back down as he stood up. "If that is it, I guess it is time I go. Have a good life Krystalia." Rann said, turning on his heels and walking back into the forest. He hadnt been chased away, nor had be been scared. Rannoch just didnt have the patience to keep supporting his values, to someone who would obviously not understand. He could see where she was coming from, him having a very open mind, but he did not question her. What was..was.

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Krystalia sighed deeply as she watched him go, then stood and shook out her fur, tail and ears drooping. "Way to go Kris, the first friend you might make in how long? And you made him not like you. Just great." She said quietly to herself, another sigh escaping her parted lips as she slowly walked through the forest, making her way into camp. Little did she know the chaos that was unravleing there.