I wonder why you're here [he muses to himself as the wolf clicks closer. There's a buzz in the back of his head, but it's not anticipation or fear. Just something that he's aware of, then folds away.] How long? You're the first animal I've seen. Don't look starved, but that's no indicator - been giving people those eyes then eating them up? It's a - a good tactic.

[He doesn't mean to - but when his cold nose pushes up against him, Kraken snorts. It feels... He likes it. It feels like approval. He raises a hand slowly, caught up in the impulse to touch. His fingertips waver in the air just above his fur, just before coming down a hairsbreadth. If he loses his fingers, he feels like he wouldn't mind that much.]

Tell you what. [he says solemnly.] When I die, you can eat me. Deserve to be useful in death too.