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Rin was exhausted. Being a dog was harder than she thought. Her paws hurt and her breath came in short gasps. It was a tough life. She'd tried communicating with another dog, hoping there would be something in it but the beast had just barked at her, sending her away.
Luckily, a few humans had given her scraps of food but some had tried to kick her away. She escaped them all and even bit one of them on the leg.
One late afternoon, she lay on her belly in the shadow of a large rock, trying to get her breath back. She'd been on the road for a few weeks, sleeping in the street or the trees, getting water were she could and she's even tried her luck at hunting. Eating food raw was hard on her stomach but as hungry as she was, she just didn't care.
When sleep wouldn't come, she spent the nights looking at the sky and the moon, wondering where Sesshomaru was and if he was thinking of her as much as she was him.
She wanted to see him again, even as a dog.