Not Expected

I returned to the cave, as my other half would put it, 'empty handed.'
I stalked in quietly, ears laid back in distaste as I shook the snow fall off my coat.
In the end, the storm had forced me to come back, it had only gotten heavier, making visibility nearly impossible even with my vision.
You'll want to shift back to human, unless you want to give Jake a heart attack again. My other self smugly said.
Lose the fur coat, or give the human a heart attack. I would prefer to keep the former, but as I stalked further back, I returned to the awkward human shape, shivering once with the change in temperature.
"Human?" I called out.
His name is Jake.
I still didn't care. I tilted my head listening for a response.
Nothing. I couldn't even hear breathing. If I didn't know better, I would think this cave empty.
Jake wouldn't be foolish enough to leave, its still snowing.
He followed us into the forest, he's been foolish before.  I shifted back to my form to use my senses in a more familiar way. The human's scent covered the cave, most of it recent, but it got stronger towards the back of the cave, which admittedly I hadn't thoroughly checked to see how deep it went. He could just be out of sight, though out of hearing was still unlikely for me.
I trotted deeper into the darkness, following my nose. And stopped at a blank wall.
He's not here. My other form whispered.
Obviously. So he was a foolish human. Though, I didn't believe it. The scent had only gotten stronger as I moved further back. If he'd left, I would have scented it. The snow couldn't cover all traces of a human passage.
But last I checked, he couldn't walk through walls either.
I touched my nose to the wall. It was solid.
Maybe there's something higher up? A crevice he could slip through?
I growled. Humans. I changed back, using the added height, to see. Nothing. It's still blank.
You sure?
Yes. I snapped. It's solid. Look. I placed my hands on the wall, only to have them sink in. I stiffened with a growl. What the? I jerked back, but my hands didn't budge. The wall loomed in front of me, pulling me in.....everything went black.

Catchya on the Flip Side!

-Danny

Searching

And being in control meant that I did not have to listen to my human half.
I continued to follow the game with half of my attention.
The other half searched the terrain, searching for a more suitable shelter for the human.
After all, I had no idea how to build a shelter, and thanks to my other half, I didn't think that the human would be able to do that either. Couldn't build a fire, couldn't skin an animal, couldn't build a shelter, this human needed to find a pack if he wanted to survive.
We are his pack out here.
I didn't need that reminder. I was searching for shelter wasn't I?

Catchya on the Flip Side!

-Danny

How To Stay Warm

How are you going to get him warm?
No idea.  I thought, shifting back to my form. I easily ran out through the storm, my paws leaving faint foot prints in the fading snow. The human should be able to figure out his own survival. Namely building a fire.
But if he's afraid of fire....
Well, I wasn't about to go find one myself and bring a burning branch back to him. I replied with a twitch of my ear. I could hear prey off in the distance and changed my path to intersect with theirs.
Hunting won't get Jake warmer you know.
But the fur would. I thought with some irritation. I'd seen humans with furs around their bodies during the cold season.
And do you have the skills to skin it after you kill it? Because I don't.
I growled. I would drag the carcass back and make the human do it.
If he can't build a fire, what makes you think that he can skin a deer? Especially if he's freezing?
What is the point of being a human if you can't do anything to survive! I snapped, baring my teeth.
We get creative with our limitations. For one, you could just go back and provide him warmth with our fur.
I told you I wasn't going to do that.
My other half chuckled in my head. Alright, then we need to find something to build a shelter with, to hold the heat in. And when I say we, I mean you, since you're in control.

Catchya on the Flip Side!

-Danny