Jake: In the garden
The boys answer was about as strange as the boy himself, while yes I did understand that the sun is the starting point of life, I did not fully grasp why he said as if he were the sun. Was he the sun? Out of pure curiosity I reached out a hand and touched my fingertips to his forehead, not feeling any scorching heat I looked at him confused as I pulled away my hand. "No heat... how are you sun?" I asked him, but not expecting an answer I continued with the conversation. Himura huh? Nice name.
I pointed to myself and said "Jake... f...first year?" I said slightly questioningly wondering if that were the correct thing to say. I didnt dwell on the subject as I looked back out at the garden, taking in the view in full with a smile on my face. "Sun good at making things seen... hard to see in dark... rely on good senses to find way in darkness... and others to keep eyes out for you. Packs do best in the dark... communicate well, make great success. While they like the daytime, light makes hunting hard. Guess its... how to say... two edged blade? Without sun, easy hunting, but no plants, no prey. With sun, plenty plants and prey... but hard hunting." I looked back at Himura to see if he was understanding my rant at all. I tend to go off on tangents from time to time. He didnt seem the most interested though, so he could have blocked me out for all I know. I decided to go back to the plants again.
"Gardens have beauty in not just sight. You know that? Looks nice yes, but deeper meaning. Nature is free... nature is wild... you can tell it where to go... what to do... but it wont listen, just do what it wants. I live by law of nature, second birth made that clear. Part of nature since I was a boy, dont even remember old life." I realized I was talking about my own life. Damn tangents. I looked back and chuckled, of course he wouldnt know what I meant, speaking about packs and second births. "Sorry. Talk decided to follow nature I guess" I said with a laugh. It was meant to be a joke and I found it funny, but then again most of my life I only had myself to laugh at my jokes, so I thought I was hilarious most of the time.