"Bolt" isn't really its name, and it isn't the only guard dog to be called that. Still, it just loves this wor…
"Bolt" isn't really its name, and it isn't the only guard dog to be called that. Still, it just loves this word.
Whenever it hears the call, it startles like sudden thunder and bolts like the wind. Even as a pup, it seemed to understand its duty. Patrol, and then stand watch over these palace walls.
To it, the walls are high and the world is wide, and everyone inside needs protecting. It loves sprinting from one end of the palace road to the other. Familiar scents are enough to set its heart at ease.
But lately, a strange scent has appeared within the palace. It doesn't know the person, yet it can smell something familiar on them. Dust and iron rust, and the resolve to protect someone.
It knows this much. As long as there is someone it wants to protect, the sun will rise as it always does.