Chapter 27: Mess & Afterglow [18+]
Disclaimer: This Chapter contains graphical depictions of explicit scenes. Read at your own discretion.
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A moment of silence transpired between them, before Stahl opened her mouth to speak.
"I’m glad you two talked before tomorrow, those feelings could’ve built up to something pretty embarrassing for the cub if it wasn’t outed... So thanks for humoring us there, Aster."
The human had a puzzled look, just as the she-wolf had expected. "Tomorrow is a full moon. For us canines, it can make everything we are feeling more... Intense. It kind of amplifies our bottled up emotions. Makes us want to act on whims and instinct.
"Everything is clearer to us but muddled at the same time. We feel stronger, and feel invigorated more so than usual, but just as the great ocean’s very waves feel the moon goddess’s pull, so do the strings of our souls. It is said canines were her favored children in many of the legends."
Aster wasn’t aware of anything like that at all. He found himself pretty intrigued by this news.
"So, when the moon is full, you all get kind of emotional? Doesn’t seem so bad really?" Stahl let out an exaggerated "Ha!" before she spoke again.
"That’s a heavy simplification of it, but pretty much. It can force us to act on impulses though, which can be dangerous. If we are feeling angry, we get even more angry. If we’ve been feeling sadness, we can fall into a depressed state. If we are feeling frisky then we just want to... Uh... Mate...