>>464168Glad to know somebody is reading.
>life in the woods was harsh when the winter came, everything was bare and it was easy to feel exposed>Hero was strong willed and adapted well to living in the wild>there was probably more wolf in him than there was domestic dog>i thought of my school friends and people i knew and wondered if they'd be starting a new year of college or getting jobs and starting their life of 'success'>it made me feel lonely and like i had failed somehow but i was compelled to keep going, like normal life had nothing to offer me but the misery my parents had, with crappy jobs, crappy relationships and crappy pay>i wasn't missed by my family but Hero had followed me through starvation, thirst and the type of coldness that makes your balls regret droppingAt this point the mental stress had hit me harder than the physical challenges of being homeless. I felt stretched thin, physically and mentally. Although I was arguably in the best physical shape I'd ever been, despite some periods of malnutrition.