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[puppypower]

[the "i'm still me" is bitten off before it's aired. while he may understand what she means, the disagreement is still there. whether he gets his wish here or not, he refuses to believe that remaining a wolf will change him that dramatically. that he won't make the same friends he'll supposedly make if nothing changes.

he also knows how naive that belief is. but it's an attempt at optimism that he doesn't want to give up on yet.]

It's okay. I, uh-- I've got my bag. We can go.

[which seems to be enough of a prompt for the dogs, given that they take it as a cue to trot off ahead of them.]

[wildkingdom]

[For Malia, though, it is that complicated. As much as they don't talk about it, Malia likely wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for Scott. If Scott wasn't an alpha, she would still be stuck as a coyote in the woods, no friends, no family, barely even human. Scott being a werewolf is the lynchpin for how much she's managed to change and how much she's been able to impact other people.

Her dad probably would have killed her with one of his coyote traps if it wasn't for Scott. The difference exists, even if he doesn't want to think it.

So she nods and takes off after the dogs. As much as she wants to shift, this feels like a situation where it's better for her to be human for a bit.

Besides, she can still give them something to chase like this.]

[puppypower]

[there's another brief pause before scott sets off after the group, a look of confusion crossing his face at the fact that malia hasn't changed yet. but he's assuming that she's waiting for a little more privacy first. that she plans on changing out of her clothes before she shifts rather than risk damaging them.

it's why he stays silent at the beginning. why he just focuses on trying to keep up with the others. it's only once they move from the city streets and to forest paths that he finally slows down to break that silence.]

Aren't you going to shift?

[wildkingdom]

[She glances back to him for a moment, before giving a small shrug.]

I didn't want to make it weird.

[Which she may have just done by not doing so. She pauses for a moment, before turning to face him more.]

Do you want me to?