The Gig, Sunday

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The horses had insisted they wanted to go outside today. And so Firekeeper had obligingly let them out to roam after the morning's chores were done.

Not five minutes after they'd been let out did Kally come over to the fence post Firekeeper was sitting on and inform her that actually, they wanted to go back inside.

So Firekeeper, Blind Seer, and the horses could be found inside the barn today if you had need of them.

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Jacob had noticed the noticed the horse, but they were gone by the time he made it over. He would have left if it wasn't for the scent of wolf that caught his attention. So he made his way over to the barn and knocked on the door. "Hey, Blysse."

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"Jacob, hello," Firekeeper greeted, opening the door to the barn. "You must have a very keen nose, to know I were here before you see me."

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"Or good eyes. I saw you go back in the barn with the horses," he smirked at her. What? It was fun messing with her.

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Her only reply to that was a snort that was part exasperation, part disbelief.

"So what bring you here, then? You wish to ride?" she could probably convince Duke or Smudge to go back outside, were that the case.

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"Just thought I'd come say hello to my buddy Blind Seer," Jacob grinned. And possibly to see her. "See how he's doing."

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"He does fine," Firekeeper replied breezily. "Mostly because he have very little work to do."

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"Are they overworking you?" he asked, glancing past her into the barn. "Do you need some help?"

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"They are having trouble deciding whether to go outside or stay in, today," Firekeeper explained with a shrug. "There is very little I can do about such, unless you have way of convincing them one way or another."

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Jacob raised an eyebrow. "You could just tell them this is how it's going to be. A wolf shouldn't get bossed around by a horse."

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She often did just that, with the horses back home. In Fandom it was... different. They had a sort of friendship worked out after all this time, one that relied partly on friendly bickering.

"You are an expert on what wolf should do, then?" she asked.

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That earned her another grin. "Nah, Blind Seer was just so kind to show me his fangs. Which I'm pretty sure makes him a predator and I'm also sure that horses don't have those. So that makes Blind Seer the boss around here."

He paused. "So are you going to let me in or are you okay standing in the draft?"

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"Perhaps I am," Firekeeper said smugly. "You say Blind Seer is boss. Of me too, then?" Careful, Jacob.

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"That I don't know," Jacob said. "I saw your fang on Tuesday. I'd be careful of that too, it looks like it's got a bite to it."

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"It take a man's head off, once," she bragged shamelessly. Yes, it had been almost two full turnings of the seasons and she was still proud of that one.

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Jake whistles and he held up his hands in surrender. "So the only question left is if I rank above the horses."

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"You are human," Firekeeper pointed out. Well, as far as she knew, anyway. She'd let him try and decide what he thought she meant by that.

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"Yes, and I do enjoy having a head," he said seriously. "So please, don't take it off. I came in peace, I swear."

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"Since you ask so nice," Firekeeper relented, waving him inside.

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That was a victory, right? He grinned and ducked inside, not giving her time to change her mind.

"You're too kind," he said and he squatted down in front of Blind Seer, holding out a hand to sniff. Which worked as greeting, right? "Hey, brother wolf."

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Blind Seer tilted his head at the greeting and his ears twitched. "He ask, 'brother'?" Firekeeper translated.

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"I told you Quileute legends says we descended from the wolves," he said in a tone that implied he didn't hold much truth to it. "Besides, it had a new age feel to it."

"So, what did the guy you beheaded do?" he asked, casually changing the subject. "You're not a ninja too, are you?"

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She had no idea what 'new age' was, so was just gonna let that go for now.

"He were a bandit," Firekeeper shrugged, as if that explained everything. "We do not care much for bandits."

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"No, I don't think a whole lot of people do," he decided against trying to scratched Blind Seer's ear, considering the response he got last time, and moved back to his feet.

"I never did ask where you're from."

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"You did not," Firekeeper acknowledged. "Do you wish to know, then?"

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He pretended considering it for a moment. "Yeah, I think I do. There's not a whole lot of places left anymore where people here get to live with wolves as far as I know."

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"Not many places where I am from, either," she shrugged. "My birth-pack is from Iron Mountains, west of the human kingdom Hawk Haven, but it has been many turnings of seasons since I have been back there, now."

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"I'm guessing that's not really anywhere near here," he said. "So how does the wolf thing work?"

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"Not of this world, no," Firekeeper agreed. "Work?" she echoed.

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"How did you end up with them?" he clarified. "You call it your birth-pack, but obviously it's not where you were born."

A pause. "I think?"

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"You are right," she agreed. "I were born to human parents. There was fire, all but me die. Before she take her last breath, my mother ask wolves to take care of me."

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He winced and really, Jake, you should have seen that one coming.

"Sorry," he mumbled. "You've been with the wolves since then?"

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It was easier in some respects, and harder in others, to talk about now that she knew more details about her own past.

"Not quite," she admitted. "Some seasons ago, the Earl Kestrel come west to see if any still live. They find me, and we go back to Hawk Haven. Have lived mostly with humans since."

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"That can't have been easy," Jacob remarked and his eyes moved down to Blind Seer. "You didn't leave them entirely."

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"No," Firekeeper admitted. Blind Seer's reply caused her to reach over and give the wolf a friendly punch to the side. "He say, why should I get all the fun? Of course he come."

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Jacob chuckled. "He doesn't mind hanging around humans?"

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Firekeeper shrugged. "He get to run places no other wolf has. He like this fact."

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"To boldly go where no wolf has gone before," Jacob grinned. "Even a place as crazy as this one. Where the horses have whims."

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"They is not so bad," Firekeeper admitted. "At least, not stupid like most horses I knowed before this."

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"I'll take your word for it," Jacob said. "My experience with horses is kind of limited."