You stand to Tiva's side after briefly considering jumping in front of her gun. It wouldn't be worth it to risk getting shot, you think to yourself. "You can't do this, Tiva. They're retreating! They think we're savages. Monsters. Do you want to prove them right?"
Tiva's arm shakes and tears stream down from her unblinking eyes. "Your objection is noted, BLjGIT BG."
"I can't let you shoot them, Tiva."
"Try to stop me."
Tiva's finger tenses on the trigger, and she steadies her hand, ready to take the shot when Lapu jumps out in front of her, waving his arms frantically.
"You can't just shoot a man in the back!"
"I can and I will," Tiva says, pushing Lapu aside and taking aim again before she realizes that the soldier has run out of range. Furious, Tiva grabs Lapu by the scruff of the neck and pulls him up to meet her eyes. "Did you see what that creep did to me? Look at my face, Lapu! He did this to me in human form. It's not going to heal properly!"
Tiva grows frantic, her voice reaching a panicked pitch. "Do I still look pretty to you? Or maybe you're happy to see me all fucked up. Less competition for you, right? Who would want the girl with the scarred-up face other than you?"
Lapu recoils as though she'd slapped him again. "You…you don't really think that about me—"
"Who knows what goes through your head sometimes, Lapu." She kicks a cloud of loose gravel at the boy. "I don't even know why you bothered coming back. Maybe you should run off again, and this time, stay there!"
Lapu doesn't wait or ask any more questions, he turns tail and runs, choking on gut-wrenching sobs.
"I shouldn't have said that," Tiva whispers to you once he's gone. "Why the hell did I say that?"
"Come on," you say, putting a hand on her shoulder. "He'll get over it, and you guys can patch things up."
"Yeah…maybe you're right."
The other wolves have already scattered by the time you and Tiva turn away from the fleeing humans and walk silently toward home. You want to tell her that everything will be all right. But you know that would be a lie.
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