Listen up, darlings, mortals, and miscellaneous scrollers who think they know what a wolf warden is supposed to look like.

  It’s Warden Wednesday.

  You know what that means: Briarwolf is out there somewhere, bleeding quietly, guarding a cosmic scar nobody asked him to guard, and probably growling at shadows because that’s his love language.

  But today?

  Today he’s sulking harder than usual.

  I asked him why.

  He just stared at the latest art drop, ears flat, tail stiff, and muttered something about “algorithms” and “labels” and “why does everyone think I’m at a convention.”

  So I said it.

  Point-blank.

  Because let’s be honest, Warden...with the gray fur, the blue-eyed wolf pack, the leather straps, the axe, the whole “brooding protector in the misty woods” vibe…

  You look like a furry.

  He froze.

  Tail went rigid.

  Those blue eyes narrowed to slits.

  For a second I thought he was going to bite me through the lattice.

  Then Murray, our one-foot-tall rat-knight in the tartan kilt, piped up from my shoulder.

  “Even I don’t get that noise,” he squeaked, whiskers twitching. “I’m walkin’ around in plaid with a resonance dart, fightin’ cat ninjas, collectin’ cheese like it’s a holy quest, and nobody’s callin’ me a furry. But ye get a few blue-eyed wolves and suddenly ye’re the poster boy for bad costumes? That’s just bad luck, mate. I’ve got a kilt and a dart, and I’m still not on the con circuit."

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  Briarwolf growled...low, rumbling, the kind that vibrates through stone.

  “Keep talking, rat. See how far that kilt gets you when the thorns come for your tail.”

  Murray just grinned, ears flaring.

  “Thorns don’t scare me. I’ve survived worse. Like vet offices.”

  I told him, ‘Warden, if the internet wants to merch your ears and a tail, let them. At least they’ll finally admit you’re hot.’

  He growled louder. I think I’m on his thorns list now.

  Poor Warden. Can’t even bleed in peace without someone trying to ship him with his own wolves. The internet is a cruel mistress.

  I laughed so hard that coffee vapor came out of my nose.

  So here’s the deal, everyone:

  Briarwolf is sulking because the internet thinks he’s cosplay. Well, furry adjacent anyway.

  Murray thinks it’s hilarious.

  I think it’s adorable.

  And the scar he’s guarding? Still bleeding. Still widening. Still waiting for the next curious soul to lean too close.

  So read the new piece.

  Look at the art.

  Call him whatever you want.

  Just don’t get too close to the edges.

  The thorns don’t care what fandom you think he belongs to.

  They just bite.

  — Omnion

  (Still having the time of my life, even when the Warden’s growling at me)

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