Tall, Little White.
"...What? What did you feed him, growth hormones?"
Little White was now so much taller than the one I remembered. Standing there,
he was probably at least four foot nine,
and that was without standing upright.
His enormous wolf head bounded along outside. His golden eyes stayed fixed on me, full of affection and delight.
"We didn't do anything like that. Don't go accusing innocent people."
Qiao Seven shrugged and glanced at Little White running outside. He was so big that, judging by his size, his body was nearly ten feet long,
so he couldn't squeeze inside. That was probably why he was running around outside.
I turned a puzzled look toward Qiao Seven. He smiled as he watched Little White outside.
"You were lucky, and a little unlucky, too. When you were taken away, he was just about to enter his growth phase... Oh, it's the period when wild animals reach a certain age and their bodies change rapidly.
If the virus activates, they grow huge. If it doesn't, their bodies stop changing."
As he spoke, Qiao Seven sat down nearby and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He was just about to light one when he seemed to notice how weak I looked and started to put it away.
But I didn't mind... Besides, as warmth flowed back into my body, the pain was gradually returning, too.
I held out my hand. Qiao Seven gave me a knowing smile and passed me a cigarette, while Wild Wolf gently helped me sit up in a chair.
Qiao Seven lit my cigarette, then his own. After taking a deep drag, he glanced at Little White outside.
"He happened to be going through that phase, and then he got shot, so he was unconscious for about a week.