Week Twenty Three -- Sunday Who: Grim and OPEN farm Wolves or city Wolves passing through. Where: Weeding one of the gardens When: Early afternoon Why: Trying to earn his keep
Grim wasn't used to hard labor of any kind, but he was trying to have a decent attitude about the things that the farm Wolves asked him to do for them. These people had taken him in and had more or less given him the benefit of the doubt. Little did they know that he was using them as a temporary respite from the road. He was almost never left alone, and they had good cause. His scythe had yet to be returned to him but he had made them promise to keep it safe. The day after he'd been caught he'd had to tell the Wolves about Eliot and Death. The woods were too dangerous to leave them there alone and he would have found it almost impossible to sneak out to feed and water them.
Even though he was assigned that afternoon to weed the very garden that he'd been caught stealing from, he was glad to do it as it would give him a few minutes alone. He'd untied Eliot's cage from his hip and sat it in the shady spot beside him. He would need to contact the others soon, but he wanted to earn some greater trust from these Wolves before he did. Jinx was obviously not among them, but he'd heard that half of their tribe lived in the city. They were a larger group than any of the other organized tribes he'd encountered along the way, and there was still the possibility that she could be in the city. He hadn't asked about her outright yet as he was waiting for a good opportunity. For now he would simply continue to play the wandering child card and see how things panned out.
He had been on his hands and knees for a good half before he glanced in the direction of his guard who was working the weeds closer to the fence and a good distance away. He laid back onto the rich earth to let his hands rest and wipe the sweat from his brow. He closed his eyes against the bright sun and pressed an upturned wrist to his brow. He was getting hungry, but didn't feel comfortable asking for food- he would wait until it was given him and then he would share it with Eliot.