i. intro
Empty.
A sad, hollow shell of who he once was.
He has a secret, one that he usually masks by feigning aloofness. Or a-woof-ness, as he'd often joke. With the way he looked and all, the image of an eccentric animal trainer, he found, gave him a reason to stay. The villagers already regarded him a freak as it was. He didn't mind the intense stares and the weird looks he'd get every now and then. In a sense, it made it easier on him.
He would keep up his animal-loving, happy-go-lucky persona as long as it kept people away.