[ Vasquez doesn't need it spelled out for him, and maybe in another circumstance, he might try to brush off Faraday's odd streak of protectiveness. But, right now, he knows plenty well that could easily seem like the wrong shade of weakness in front of another – human or wolf, really.
Stepping forward, without truly drawing his focus from Butch, Vasquez moves to follow the path they'd been trekking back to their camp in the caves.
Butch waits until Vasquez turns, too, waits for both him and Faraday to take those first strides wherever they'd been headed. He still paces, lazily back and forth, for all of another heartbeat before his hind legs coil tight, and in one powerful leap, he propels himself towards Faraday. It's so sudden, so quick, Vasquez doesn't even have time to draw and catch Butch mid-jump; by the time he can react, he's too concerned about hitting Faraday with a stray bullet. ]
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Stepping forward, without truly drawing his focus from Butch, Vasquez moves to follow the path they'd been trekking back to their camp in the caves.
Butch waits until Vasquez turns, too, waits for both him and Faraday to take those first strides wherever they'd been headed. He still paces, lazily back and forth, for all of another heartbeat before his hind legs coil tight, and in one powerful leap, he propels himself towards Faraday. It's so sudden, so quick, Vasquez doesn't even have time to draw and catch Butch mid-jump; by the time he can react, he's too concerned about hitting Faraday with a stray bullet. ]