“And then she was there. Takiyok, in all of her brilliance, finding her way along a creek.
Taikon moved toward the ghost, knowing he must have died, knowing it could not be.” … “His fur was falling out and he had nothing left to give other than kindness.” This is beautiful, AUGH my heart

“ exhaling a staccato of disappointed sighs through his nose.” man your wording never fails to amaze me. I love this so much

My poor broken mans

love the way you weaved "wished she had asked about the weather" at the end! the callback to the first paragraph and the emotion >>

"brainwashed disaster child" pffftt!! he aint wrong. Taikon you did your best

"They had no direction; they had no past, and no future. All he could do was steer them onward toward life." <33333333

I will forever love papa Taikon

Suddenly reverse-adopted, designated dad

What a good boy. I like his Dialogue, calling her a guardian angel, pumping her up,