[Those out in the Quad today are almost guaranteed to notice the
gigantic black wolf running crazily around, in pursuit of -- what else? -- a red, bouncing rubber ball. While it occasionally gets out of his grasp, he always eventually snatches it, quickly rushing back to one of the taller trees where Tobias is settled. Breaker drops the ball into his lap, giving a growled wolf as Tobias flings it as hard as he can in another direction, starting the chase all over again.
The boy himself seems thoughtful, turning one of his throwing knives over and over in his hand idly as he sighs deeply. By his side are a bunch of stuffed dolls he took from his temporary visit home --
a fire bird,
some sort of ghost,
an odd dragon-serpent, and plenty of others, all poking out of a bag.]
...I almost wish I hadn't gone back at all.