Why is he scared?

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From random deers point of view.....

I was just sun batheing in my regular spot the first time I saw him. I guess he didn't see me cause he just trotted up looked around in a three sixty and then began to eat berrys eye consantly alert. A female raced past on her way to the rueins and he tensed crouching low to the ground and after about a minute got up and ate more still alert. I slowly stood up from behind the rock I was laying in not trying to scare him. I finaly got a good look at him. He was tiny young but not a fawn, he had no mucel mass realy and seened to be verey unhappy. "Um hello"? I called out calm and gental. He jumped about five feet into the air and stiared at me, I could see his blue eyes from behind the mask. "Um are you ok"? He stiared for a moment "yes I am fine". His voice squeaked a bi and I cou;d smell fear on him. It was as if my just staning there looking at him was a danger to his life! "I'm not gonna hurt you"..."Thats good". I was sclightly confuse but tryed to calm him down. "Whats your name"? He was about to say something then caught himself shook his hea and said "Whisper". "Ah well im Harmony"! He seemed to calm down just a bit now and straitened. I walked over and joined him eating berrys also. "So how are you"? I asked. "Oh who me I I'm fine ya know the same old same old how are you"? "Oh im fine just relaxing today"! "Oh ok thats why you where hideing". "I wasn't hideing you just didn't see me"! He smiled a bit but tryed to hide it. He actualy had mucle but it wasn't bulky and think like he was tough and ready to fight for a mate. More like he ha mucle from dayly things. "What do you like to do"? "Cards I play cards". "Oh like tradeing cards"? "No real cardes..aces and spades..". "Oh you mean like black jack"!? He tensed and seemed sad for a moment "whats the matter"? "That was my fathers name" he whispered. "Black Jack"? "His name was jack he had black fur and was a master at playing Black Jack so thats what they called him". "Oh gambeling here is ileagal". "It's how I use to live it was..is a life steyl when I came here I was suprized its peace full and beautiful and peopl walking up to you dont want to kill you and you dont owe them money"!
I laughed "we also don't use money here the Great deer spirits take care of us as long as we take care of each other"! "Well some times I whish it did run with money it would make this so much easyer" he mumbele mainly to himself the schratched the ground with a sharp hoof. "Why"I whispered back trying to calm him. "Cause back thebn when money ment power or weakness" he looked him self over and seemed disghutsed at what he saw "I" he laughed "I was power full..ME strong" he laughed and tear rolled out of his mask. He took the mask of and stiared at the sky. I stiared at the left sie of him he simled his eyes full of hate at he cryed. He tured ever so slightly to me and I saw something on his face. A brite red spade mark around his eye. I see why he wore a mask. There was a lond scar across that eye that looked quite close to a wolf scratch. Other scratches looked like he had tryed to remove the mark befor. He put the mask back on and dryed his eyes. "If you ever see me again and I don't turn around or what ever when you call me whisper.." it seemed like he was thinking over a life or death question "Then call me Ace..Ace of Spades.Kay"? "Ace of spades ok but one question..what was your moms name"? "Didn't have one". "Oh im so sorry I didn't mean anything by that..it just all your family has gambeling relate names"! "Yeah there more of nick names but I never whent by my realy name after I turned five so I dont even remeber it anymore". He simled at me and I turned to eat berrys. Then realize another question "Why do they call you Whisper then"!? a few moments whent by. "Huh why do they"?! I turned around to see I was alone and the flowers a few feet awat swayed to say he has gone that way. "so thats why huh"?