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(mostly so I can get to know the full 'Pack' wink )

Luca sipped water from a gently flowing brook, as usual he was alone save his reflection and shadow. The dusk light turned the sky a light tone of voilet. He shivered as the dew started to come in. A slight cut on his right paw made his entire arm hurt.
Unlike the normal wolves in the area, he held Man's walk and could speak very little. He did, however, could understand the brethern tongue all too well. Sometimes he wished he did not understand it, for the taunts and shuns were worse than the hunters at times. He looked down at himself in the waters and sighed.
He closed his eyes for a moment before slashing at the waters and giving a low curse as he used his injured paw. He backed away and craddled the paw and licking at it slightly. Wincing from the pain, he stopped then curled up into a warm ball and waited for sleep as usual, hoping that someone...or something will take pity on him or put him out of his misery. Either would be great in his mind right now.
A cricket jumped up to his nose and tickled it, he snapped at it before laying back down. He wanted so much to be with someone who cared enough to lay with him for warmth. He chilled in this air and nothing else would do him better than another to join him. Eventually, he slept soundly and dreamlessly.

Every so often, he stirred, he felt like there was something staring at him. He stretched and looked around hoping to see something. He saw nothing but his stomach rumbled. He rose and went back to the brook and held a pose over the water so that he would be able to swat a fish out the water like he viewed bears doing on his travels.
Over the seasons, he had gotten to like the taste, it was easier than trying to fight for a decent meal everyday. As a Bluegill swam lazily by, he swung and the fish went flying out and over his head. He growled then took chase after his meal.

Luca stopped, jaw agape, he backed away slowly. "I-I am sorry if, I intrude on your land...I travel and do not pay attention at times..." He swallowed hard as he scooped up the fish in his right paw and gripped it tight.

Travel had taught him many things, and showing poorly handled food was one of the things he had come to know all too well. He stood as he is used to, like a man, and was about to flee.

Luca cocked his head then muttered as an ear flopped over his eye. He patted it away then followed the strange wolf...man? He could not tell, he just knew there was an offer of friendship and he was gladly taking it, he even virtually swallowed the fish whole just so he could run to keep up.
He then realized that they had not shared names, which was odd to him for most packs he was unlucky enough to stumble upon asked him for his name and birthplace just before trying to kill him. He shivered as the thought rolled over and over in his mind. He tried pushing it aside, but the lasting fear was literately beaten into him. He could not help who or what he was, just that the fear of others made him fear himself at times.

"I cannot recall my birthplace, if that is what you mean, and I have not stayed in any one place to call home." He ducked a low branch then decided that he would follow on all four paws. "I am truly grateful for this. So far I have been treated like an equal and not something that should be killed for sport."

He looked around slightly, the very trees seemed welcoming him, this, indeed, was a strange place. Power ran through this land and he felt a need to join with it. He shivered as dew dripped onto his neck sending a cold chill through him.

Chaos appeared before them as his tentacles opened the invisible dome. Chaos yawned. "Steele, did you seriously lead a foreign wolf into the center of our territory without even asking for his name?" Chaos asked, "You're far too trusting." His tentacles slowly came into view. They came together on Chaos's back as wings. He looked at Luca. "Then again," he said, "We all are. Hello, I'm Chaos." He smiled at Luca weakly.

"She, uhh...well, I am not really sure. We all came here, most of us lost. She was the one who lead us. We simply agreed and let it be. She is an amazing leader and packmate. I trust her with my life, as do I with all others."He grinned as turned back to the rock."And you are correct to feel that we all have our strengths. A few of us have human forms, so the human language would be no difficult task. Some of us have elements we control, some feel each other's feelings. We all have something in common. We all had a past to escape from Luca. As I am sure, so do you."He turned his head to Luca."You are able to experience a sense of freedom with this pack, you do not have to hide. So, my friend, Luca, I am sure she will accept you."

Steele rolled wish wolfish grey cold eyes at Chaos."So dramatic. Just calm down Chaos." He grinned as he looked to Luca again, completely disregarding Chaos."Yes, she will accept, I assure you. And, as Chaos said, do not try to dig in our pasts, they will not take it lightly, as I take it the same way. Just try to fit in."He smiled lightly as he walked to the center of the grounds and howled to see if Doomfang would come to meet the new arrival.