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~Small~
Toga watched, she remained unknowing.
He never felt so inclined to be seen.
Her gentle soul would only cower from him, he did not want to see fear cloud her eyes that shone as bright as day.
Toga made sure that he was never seen.
He could not always be so guarded.
Once, when she was as small his knee, she wandered from her human guardians.
He should have let the bear kill her.
He did not.
He told himself that it was because he did not want to wait for her rebirth.
As the thing died at his claws Toga turned to where he knew she cowered.
She looked at him unafraid, smiling brightly.
Curious...
He glared, as he crouched before her, looking closely into her eyes.
He had not wanted to see the fear in her eyes but this lack of it?
It confused him.
"You are foolish human." He scolded the small thing.
She ignored him, laughing, the little human then offered up a flower that she had gathered before the bears attack.
Toga reached for it, stopping at the sight of his own hands.
Blood.
Why was it always blood on his hands?
Would he always only deal out death?
At the sound of approaching feet he stood and left the little girl where her kind would find her.
**End**