It was so very easy to fall into those age old instincts as a killer whale, to suffocate that human's mind that so danced within the depths of the whale. Especially when you were lurking in the ocean, it was easy to let his human mind wander and cause more damage than he could repair... like losing his pod. How he managed to lose a pod of twelve, well, that was a first for the whale. It was a good lesson to learn: don't let human emotions trump his apex predator instincts while swimming. Still, no matter how roughly his mother and father tried to instill it in the shifter, Willy struggled, he didn't want to lose his humanity like so many of the weres did in the pod. Some choose to never shift! The man certainly couldn't wrap his head around it, why wouldn't they want to walk on two feet and explore cities? And god, the food people could make! It was better than fishy foods for dinner every day. Yet, he couldn't deny that in whale form, he very much doubted McDonald's would taste very good.

Still, his distracting human emotions that so flit through his head are all but gone, replaced by the predator he was by the flash of movement. Flipping around, the gentle giant is almost graceful in his movements as his eyes narrow in on a fleeing form. His stomach grumbles, and whether it was in his mind or body he wasn't sure, all he knew was that he was hungry and that seal was lunch. With a powerful downward thrust with his tail, he's sent shooting through the water after the creature, his human emotions tucked to the back of his mind as he concentrates on his hunt. He eyes the seal dive into the coral reef, his body easily tilting into a downward dive of his own, though he pulls up, hardly able to fit between the jagged edges of the reef. Brief irritation flashes through him as he swims above her, keeping her in view only for her to vanish. Circling around, he dives closer to the floor only to find the tiny creature hidden within a hole. With another massive push of his tail, he's sent careening towards her, stopping just before he smashes his head into the rock wall, his massive jaws opening as he snaps out trying to get ahold of her.

Yet, she's far too deep in the cave, and his body was far too big to reach her. Again, another flash of irritation and hunger dances through him though he almost stops moving entirely as a faint voice is picked up within his mind. Stilling, confusion so written within his mind, his massive head turns away from her briefly as he reaches out, searching. He hadn't heard another voice in his head in... oh, he couldn't remember how long! Excitement picks up in him as he turns back to the seal, though he's hardly aggressive anymore but instead, he shoves closer. He eyes the creature again only to be suddenly overwhelmed with such guilt, he swims backwards slightly, his chest clenching in his chest almost tightly and that's when he hears the voice again. Only, he realizes its coming from the seal. It takes him a moment before he realizes that this seal wasn't really a seal, but also a human. Parting his jaws, in an almost comical way, you can see the noticeable horror that settles onto his massive head.

"Oh, my god! I am so sorry! I didn't know... you're a were...," he trails off, giving the seal a little more room, his jaws finally snapping shut, "I almost committed cannibalism!" He practically shouts into her mind, horror so tinging his emotions, if he were able to hurl his guts up in whale form, he imagined he would, "I can't even begin to... I don't know... I'M SO SORRY," he states again, swimming away more, "You just came out of no where, I thought you were food and I was just so hungry," he rambles on and on, unable to control the spilling of his words into her mind. "What can I do? Let me help you, I'll be like, you're freaking big body guard so no one else eats you!" It was clear... the shifter was having a meltdown.

Zachary Williams