[ He doesn't doubt the guy but something fierce is overriding that knowledge. The instinct that just keeps pounding in him and telling him it's your job, you look out for the pack insists there was no other option than Fight.
But he can still understand spoken words, too, and what Gabe asks him unsettles the animalistic track he's on. ]
I'm... I don't know.
[ He doesn't feel like himself when he's made to think about it, but it's like his mind has far less space for those considerations right now. Everything is sound and smell and heat and he dips his head to get a better sniff of him. ]
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[ He doesn't doubt the guy but something fierce is overriding that knowledge. The instinct that just keeps pounding in him and telling him it's your job, you look out for the pack insists there was no other option than Fight.
But he can still understand spoken words, too, and what Gabe asks him unsettles the animalistic track he's on. ]
I'm... I don't know.
[ He doesn't feel like himself when he's made to think about it, but it's like his mind has far less space for those considerations right now. Everything is sound and smell and heat and he dips his head to get a better sniff of him. ]
He hurt you?