"What is this?!"
"I needed to talk to you directly, and this is much more efficient," she says. "...Are you alright?"
"No! I'm... a human, how could that be alright?!"
She rolls her eyes, a gesture that I know means she is unhappy. I don't care if she's unhappy, she is the one who turned me into a human! She moves and hands me a blanket.
"What is that for?"
"To cover yourself! You're naked."
"Well, bring my fur back, then! I'm cold!"
"The blanket is for that. I promise I'll teach you how to turn back into a wolf once you answer my questions."
Oh, so she did this to me because she has questions to ask? This human woman is impossible! I didn't ask for her questions, but she turned me into a human just so she could ask them! What odd human way of thinking is that?!
I grab the blanket and cover myself with it anyway, because I am cold and I miss my pretty, comfortable fur. Where did it even go, and how did she do that? I've seen her do that thing to my mate before, but I didn't realize how strange it is! I really feel terrible in another skin, why did my mate do this?
"What are you doing here?"
"I came here after my hunt and I sat here."
"No, I mean, why are you in my house, with me?"
"You opened the door for me!"
"That's not what I... Why do you always come back here, to be with me? Why do you spend time with me, why... don't you hate me?"
Now she has tons of questions! I liked it better when I couldn't understand her at all! She was noisy before but it's worse when I know why she makes all those noises...
"I do not hate you," I say. "I don't hate you. I don't understand why you want me to hate you. I don't hate, I'm a wolf."
"You must hold some sort of resentment!"
Resentment, what is that now? I try to think, and this... strange new human mind translates for me. Ah, anger, hatred. So many negative emotions... How do humans even come up with such thoughts? I feel like my whole head has expanded to many things I just didn't need, and now they are all annoyingly filling my head.
I have anger at the rabbit that manages to escape me, but it doesn't last. If it's gone, it's gone, what is the point of resentment? It's better to move on to the next prey. I still don't understand humans... I shake my head, and something moves on my shoulder... Oh, hair. Well, I still have some, then... It is the same color as my fur... I push it out of the way, a bit disturbed that it's so long and in one place rather than well distributed all around my body.
"Answer me!"
I growl back. Don't shout at me, or I'll bite you, human woman! She acts like an Omega trying to pass as an Alpha, even dogs have a better attitude than that!
"I don't know what this resentment thing is," I say. "Your human ways are too complicated. I came here because we are two females alone. I came to look for my mate, but he is not with you. I don't know where he is, so I stayed. I don't have a reason to leave. You shared your food with me."
Oh, all those words come out flowing without me having to think much, which is new. The thinking, I mean, not all that loud words thing. I'm sure howling and growling is much more efficient, but now, I have so many words coming out, and so many thoughts... How do humans deal with all of this? I feel like all my usual basic needs have been... surrounded by dozens of others! How do they take care of all that? I thought humans were strange, but it turns out they have a lot of different needs to them, perhaps why they do so many strange things all day!
"You... don't know?" she mutters.
"Don't know what?"
Now that I am the one asking, she goes silent. Oh, humans, always so complicated! Nevermind. I look down on this strange body... Should I try to stand like her? I feel like a pup trying to find her balance, but this cannot be so complicated if they walk on two legs all day... Oh, indeed, it comes rather naturally. How funny, and... how tall! So this is how humans see the world, is it? Even the objects around me have changed... or is it because of my eyes? I feel like I see more colors than before, but... how do they watch for enemies? I can only look forward and I have to turn my head so many times! So annoying... Do they not fear to be hunted at all?
"Then... why... why are you here, staying with me?" she asks again. "Don't you have a... pack, or pups?"
"No. I wanted to have a new pack with my mate, but he is gone. My pups have all grown and gone too. I don't need to mother them anymore."
It is strange, though, how I suddenly miss my children. They should be all grown up and fine, but... I feel the need to see them again. Is that why female humans mother their offspring for so long? I had noticed they keep them for several winters, and their little ones are slow to grow too!
