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Syri spoke first, gently rubbing Kaze's head. "Why did you come to me?"
The wolf decided that lying would not be in his best interests at the moment and possibly quite detrimental to his health, judging by the intensity of the glare Nadia was sending his way.
"You looked like you could use someone to watch your back. I have no pack to speak of, so I really didn't have anything else to do."
"There's another reason, isn't there?"
"If your tone gets any colder you're going to make the windows ice over, Nadia."
"Hush baby."
Syri lapsed back into silence.
"I wanted an easy food source. How's that?"
WHACK!
Yes, lying or being smart-aleky around Nadia is indeed a hazard to one's health.
"Quit being an idiot, wolf." The woman adjusted her hold on the frying pan, readying to launch another assault should it become necessary.
Syri mercifully decided to cut in. "Kaze?"
"Yeah."
"How come your eyes are blue?"
"What?"
"Nadia said your eyes are blue and that wolves don't have blue eyes."
"Oh, that. I guess one of my ancesters was a dog, I really don't know. Haven't thought about it much."
"Are you going to be my guide dog from now on?"
"Guide wolf." Nadia corrected, then glanced out the window. Her eyes widened and she cursed loudly. "I've got to go honey, I'll come by to check on you tonight. Go to work if you can, Mr. Thompson will be wanting to know what happened to Carlos."
She was halfway out the door when Kaze called her back, "Won't he tell his boss about being attacked by a wolf?"
Nadia glared. "Hopefully you weren't stupid enough to shift forms in front of him. Were you?"
Remembering just what had happened at the beginning of their encounter, the wolf lowered his ears sheepishly. "I don't think so?"
"Oh dear Lord. Just say that some Good Samaritan saved Syri and Carlos must've hallucinated when he hit his head! No one will believe him anyway!"
And then she was gone.
There was a moment of silence before Syri hauled herself out of bed, Kaze taking note of the bruised skin her nightgown exposed. "I guess it's time to go to work. Kaze, would you mind getting my clothes out for me?"
The wolf jumped, obviously not expecting the request. "S-sure. Do you want to wear a skirt or pants?" Shifting to human he walked over to the woman's closet and began riffling through it.
"I think a skirt would be alright for today." She pulled out various foodstuffs, fixing a quick breakfast for the three of them. Kantama jumped onto the counter, meowing loudly in an effort to hasten the arrival of his meal. He shut up only after Syri had ladled out his portion into a bowl and set it before him.
"Kaze?" She tapped the ladle against the side of the pot to clean a bit of the food off it.
"Yeah?" After laying out a long-sleeved blouse and matching skirt for the blind woman to wear he turned to face her. Blinking back into wolf form he trotted over to where she stood, dish in hand.
"Do you want me to set your bowl on the floor or what?"
"The floor is fine."
"Alright then, here you go." She knelt down and set the bowl full of food before him with a quick rub on the head.
As soon as he began eating she crossed over to her bed, warning the wolf not to peek before she started changing clothes. He kept his eyes on his meal, ignoring the sound of clothes rustling. He caught Kantama giving him a glare and grinned, half-turning just to annoy the feline. It worked and the cat gave voice to a long, loud meow.
"Are you done with your food, Kaze?" Syri came back to the stove, rolling up the sleeves of her blouse and tidying up the counter.
"Yeah. Are you ready to go?"
Syri smiled, "We have to ace them sometime, right?."
He sighed, walking to her side and ducking beneath her hand. His spirits lightened at the sound of her giggling and with no further words the two departed from her home, heading into the city.
If only they'd known what awaited them there.....