A statuesque Wolverine, standing there, gazed at Estelle with a pair of bewildered eyes.

Rising to her feet, Estelle gripped a knife in her hand, locking gaze with the Wolverine in the darkness. Her expression was serene, a silent pact that as long as the Wolverine didn’t provoke her, she wouldn’t harm it either.

Sensing no ill intent from Estelle, the Wolverine let out a grunt and settled itself onto the ground.

Estelle followed suit and sat down.

In the darkness, human and beast sat facing each other.

The Wolverine kept its eyes on Estelle, looking somewhat displeased, yet it didn’t attack.

Estelle felt something was amiss, her mind raced, and then it clicked. She pointed at the straw on the ground and asked, “Is this yours?”

After a pause, she added, “Do you understand me? If not, we can converse in another language.”

It seemed the Wolverine got the gist as it snorted through its nose in a gesture that felt like it was saying, “You finally get it.”

couldn’t help but chuckle. Aren’t bears supposed to live in tree hollows? What’s with the straw bedding? And here she

spot to the Wolverine when she noticed

into her bag and pulled

on the ground, grinned with

“I’ll give you this one, and you let me crash here for

Wolverine nodded

relief, amused

dessert, she placed the tiramisu before the

Wolverine cautiously nibbled at first, but then joyfully crammed

a cream cake from her stash and offered it as

into the straw

to find the girl already asleep on the straw. It ambled to another corner of the watchtower, plopped down on the tiles, and shut its eyes

languidly, she collected her water bottle and the empty cake wrappers, tucking them into her bag. Then, she left another slice of cake by the straw as a thank you and tidied herself up before descending

car was still parked by the field. She tossed her bag in and continued on

when she had driven thirty miles without sighting a gas station, she

sputtered, running on fumes,

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