How Do You Deal? - Kouga
The spacious cave was lit by the moonlight coming through the big entrance. It rang with many happy barks and yips of at least a few dozens of wolves of various sizes and colors. The cacophony was amplified by the chorus of voices speaking, yelling and howling commands, comments and in general communicating. People were gearing up to go out, or removing their coverings, the wolves were put on leashes and tended to or led both towards the entrance or to the interior part of the cave complex they called their den.
In the middle of it all stood a proud man i furs, his dark hair tied in a ponytail, his real tail swishing in agitation.
"Hakkaku, wipe off your paws or I will cut them off! I won't have Ayame complaining you tracked mud in the caves again!"
"Um, Kouga?" the Gray Hood interviewer condensated next to the wolf leader. "How do you deal?" he asked and tried to be at the same time heard and not yell like a barbarian.
"We're fine here, no illness will claim our pack," Kouga said proudly, resting his fists on his hips. "And we're productive as we sit in our den. We're not some pansies who can spend time idly."
"Oh? What do you do to kill the boredom of staying indoors?"
"What all canines are ought to do - we dig holes! We dug out a whole bowling alley yesterday! And we plan to add an underground spa in a recently found hot spring cave! It will be so manly, I can tell you that!
"This sounds exciting," the interviewer smiled. "So, what is this?" he gestured to the wolves.
"Dude, look at 'em all! They are animals and we ain't no barbarians to keep them cooped up here! They need to spread their legs and run, and you know, do wolf shit in the woods," Kouga explained, looking fondly at the mortal wolves. "So, we take turns walking them during the night, when we're sure no one can contaminate us."
"That's so good to know that you take so much care of your pets."
"Ha! We're mingling with them from the start of our existence. It makes us stronger. It's a... borrowed immunity or some other shit. You should ask Kagome for the egg-headed term and explanation. The base line is - people who have pets and interact with them are strong and manly like the smell from Ayame's armpits!"
"I... This was an... unexpected metaphor..." the Gray Hood said and shook his head before smiling again and looking towards the audience. "As you can see, the wolf youkai and their wolves are all doing great!"
"One wolf youkai won't be doing great though!" Ayame growled, as she approached from behind the nearest stalactite. "Kouga!"
"Yes, my sunflower of joy?" the wolf leader asked, totally not inching away.
"You called my armpits stinking!" she accused, advancing on him.
"No, I didn't!" Kouga squeaked, not inching away faster.
"He kinda did," the interviewer said. Ayame howled and leaped after the fleeing alpha male.