It took Craig's father, seeing how he was still completely infuriated, a few seconds to realize that he'd actually missed the shot from such a close range. He was quite taken by surprise by that that it took him another moment or two to load another cartridge in and take aim again. Still blinded by his anger, and with Craig running away this time, he ended up missing the shot once more. Despite his rage, though, he did not pursue the wolf. First he needed to find his son and give him a proper burial. Then he'd take care of that. No matter what, that wolf was going to end up dead for what it did.
Bandhura, having slipped away the moment the numb feeling of shock had gone away from her little legs, was practically forced out of her new hiding spot in fright when she heard another gunshot, and then a 2nd one. She ran as fast as her tiny paws could carry her, occasionally stumbling or tripping over something because of how young she still was. Not paying much attention to her surroundings and as to whether there was any sign of danger nearby, the small pup obviously failed to notice this adolescent wolf she was about to directly cross paths with.
Considering her size, she was lucky that all that happened from their very slight collision was the other wolf tripping over rather than her getting crushed underneath him. Coming to a halt as a result of both shock and fear, at first the very form of another wolf made Bandhura immediately think that this was her mother, but the lack of likelihood in appearance between Craig and her mother was noticed about a second or so later, much to the little one's disappointment.
But at least she'd come across another one of her kind. Perhaps this wolf could help her find her mother? Bandhura suddenly let out a very faint whimper as Craig glared at her and raised his voice, no doubt accusing her of causing him to fall as she took a small step backwards, her ears dropping against her head and her tail between her legs. Not sure of what to think when this stranger then began asking her for direction, the puppy soon remembered that she was completely clueless as to their location. She was young and definitely did not remember the way around the forest like her mother...
Despite having always respected her mother greatly, Bandhura was much like any other kid. There was the occasional sass when her mother was being annoying, so with this stranger saying wolves were stupid? What was with that? He was a wolf too! Not a very smart one, by the way he was talking about his own kind and, as a result, about himself.
"You're a wolf too." she said, slightly tilting her head in confusion as a childish frown appeared on her face.
"Speak for yourself!" This guy probably couldn't help her. He was mean... And kinda dumb...
lol, I think I'm gonna enjoy writing interaction between these two. :p