Malcolm breathes him in, lets himself actually notice how it’s different now, since he turned. And moreso again since Will turned.
“I could have talked to you. But I was trying to… be a good… wolf. Follow the hierarchy. It’s not my… natural way to be. But I was trying to be part of it by doing it the right way. I could have said something.” He pauses. “I keep battling myself to be ‘good’ and I just feel worse after. And it doesn’t help my case with anyone. I want to try what you said. But. With you watching. Just in case. To stop me.”
He lifts his head to look up at Will. “Sweeney likes me now,” he says grimly. “Because I’m a wolf. And Maggie came to see me. She’s going to have Iris turn her, just like that. She doesn’t even want to be in the pack, she just wants to be a wolf and then go home to her world. I asked why she doesn’t just ask the Admiral for that, if she doesn’t want to be in the pack, but apparently she’s close with Iris and Iris will do it. What even is that?”
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“I could have talked to you. But I was trying to… be a good… wolf. Follow the hierarchy. It’s not my… natural way to be. But I was trying to be part of it by doing it the right way. I could have said something.” He pauses. “I keep battling myself to be ‘good’ and I just feel worse after. And it doesn’t help my case with anyone. I want to try what you said. But. With you watching. Just in case. To stop me.”
He lifts his head to look up at Will. “Sweeney likes me now,” he says grimly. “Because I’m a wolf. And Maggie came to see me. She’s going to have Iris turn her, just like that. She doesn’t even want to be in the pack, she just wants to be a wolf and then go home to her world. I asked why she doesn’t just ask the Admiral for that, if she doesn’t want to be in the pack, but apparently she’s close with Iris and Iris will do it. What even is that?”