You don't want to know that feeling.
And he's right. Koa does not. More than anything in the world, Koa does not want to know what Sunjata is feeling, how he felt on that terrible day. Call him selfish, call him a coward- and maybe he is both. But this brush with the death of a part of his soul is more than enough for Koa. He's only just come to understand the bond he shares with Pip.
He cannot imagine having it ripped away.
The last of his panic slides down his throat as Koa steps back further, giving Sunjata and his new companion space to sort through their own shit. "Good, that's... that's good," he offers awkwardly, glancing toward where the tiger corpse steams in the damp air. "Okay. I'm going to look around a little - see if I can find any signs, though I doubt there'll be much left." Some half-gnawed bones, if he's lucky. If that. "Then we can head back. I think we've all had enough excitement for one day."
And he's right. Koa does not. More than anything in the world, Koa does not want to know what Sunjata is feeling, how he felt on that terrible day. Call him selfish, call him a coward- and maybe he is both. But this brush with the death of a part of his soul is more than enough for Koa. He's only just come to understand the bond he shares with Pip.
He cannot imagine having it ripped away.
The last of his panic slides down his throat as Koa steps back further, giving Sunjata and his new companion space to sort through their own shit. "Good, that's... that's good," he offers awkwardly, glancing toward where the tiger corpse steams in the damp air. "Okay. I'm going to look around a little - see if I can find any signs, though I doubt there'll be much left." Some half-gnawed bones, if he's lucky. If that. "Then we can head back. I think we've all had enough excitement for one day."
be love in its disrepute,
scorches the hillside and salts every root
