Chapter 20

For the next few days, they were just relaxing, with some wrestling between the cubs. Most of the time, fighting for the comfiest spot to rest on Syren or Nadia. Though the wolf cub was less inclined to try and sleep on her, having an incident that felt like he wet the bed to find himself in a 'foxpond.'

Of course, he didn't need a bath for a few days after. Then again, the trio never seemed to need a bath to clean themselves. Azure and Lapis seemed to have hit a growth spurt, their size doubled over the last few days. They had gotten large enough he needs to fill on tackle them to get them to move.

He did ask his mother about it, "They are still growing, any energy rich food will cause a huge growth spurt for anyone that is still getting to 'full' size. It doesn't stop growth, but you need inordinate amounts of food in that case." She says causing his ears to perk.

She chuckles, "You'll have had your first walk by then. Probably a few other special events to."

He looks at her a little strangely, even though he isn't a human, it is still the sex talk in a way. "Really, I don't need to hear this." He sighs not wanting a repeat of his teenage years. He brings his hands over his head, trying to block it out, but he isn't hearing with his ears though.

She doesn't press, but is curious as to what he might have been thinking. She knew one or two things that were special about his father, but she didn't really know that he had thought of something else.

The wolf cub looks over to the adolescent vixens, a little jealous of their size. His mother comes over and rolls him, licking his chest, "Don't get distracted now." She says keeping her nose there to not let him escape.

Azure and Lapis in return try jumping on her head, young, loud voices calling out in synch, "Us to, us to." The fact they learned to speak wasn't as surprising as the sudden pounce on his mother's head, getting him away from the licking torture.

Nadia raises her head and lowers a moment later, like a drained mother sighing in exasperation, in a choppy way, both images and words, she lets them know of a possible outcome, telling them Syren might decide not to let them nap with her later. It is almost cute how expressively horrified there faces become at the thought. The fact they are still so similar making it look almost like mirrors.

Through out their travels he had figured out the pair were fluff lover and meat lovers. It actually was a little interesting because sometimes they wouldn't look at a rabbit as a meal, but as a tasty pillow. They had tried begging his mother for it, they have tried to beg many times for it. Their puppy dog eyes seem to be growing better with each iteration.

Every time they have tried it, she has told them no, then thumped their heads, knowing they planned to 'accidentally' eat them every time. The pair goes to their mother in an apologetic way, ears down looking as cute as possible, they had recently made it possible to make their eyes sparkle.

Nadia just shakes her head and stands up, promptly 'collapsing' on top of her daughters, ensuring the two, now whining, cub's wouldn't be able to bother him and Syren.

Syren shakes her head a little, "Well, now that they are distracted, let's get to practice. First, get out of your body again." She says and bops his head, waiting for him to follow her instructions. He is quick and is soon standing next to his body. His mother soon climbing out herself. There isn't a tether that he can see connecting her to her own body.

"First, we are going to sever this." She says moving over to the string connecting his breast bones. Her paw falls and slides down over the cord, it almost looks like a knife through butter. His heart feels like it is in his throat, watching as the band seems to snap back towards both chests, sliding inside.

"Now, let's go for a walk." She says and moves to grab him by the back of his neck, heading back towards where the bush is. The fear of death in the back of his head, but he knows he is safe for the moment.

"Why are you carrying me? Last time you did this, I got dropped into a river." Pouting in his mind, still trying to figure out if he could still maybe get wet like this.

She shakes her head, which winds up shaking him, "Now now, you could treat water like a piece of ground." Her assurance making him feel a little bit strange.

"Anyways, right now, we are trying to get it so you can instantly return to your body. What your going to want to do, is remember that thing connecting you? Imagine that is still there, pulled taut, ready to snap, but instead, your pulled along by that and dropped right where you belong." She says and drops him, the short fall to the ground making it hard to catch his legs.

He looks at her for a moment, then shakes his head again, sitting down, trying to relax himself and remembering the feel of the taut tether pressed right under his breast bone, ready to pull him back. His mother doesn't say anything, he could almost sense the band. The next step is harder, trying to let go, acting as if gravity is just a suggestion to stop him from being flung back.

He soon feels he is being shoved through a straw, and suddenly his body was back to normal, like nothing had happened. His eyes snap open, finding a pair of eyes looking into his, causing him to jump. Now notices an issue as he lands, falling right on his face, winding up rolling on his back. His legs feel like they are still a little compressed.

He notices Lapis had decided to watch him, amusement radiating out of her, her mother and sister only after he had jumped looking over. Syren bobs her head amused to, "Don't try to move so soon, you'll get used to it, but usually, you won't be able to move for the first few times after. When your recovered, we are going to practice again until you do it without closing your eyes."

The little wolf looks at her like an evil taskmaster, ready to put him hard to work breaking stones. Lapis seems amused at that, having the idea to mess with him every time that he is practicing. Nadia decides to distract her own daughters with some practice, thinking they should be able to use ice.