[Image description: Series of drawings depicting an anthropomorphic wolf who struggles to maintain friendships. Image 1: The top half is the wolf shrinking in on themself and nervously glacing around from the middle of a chattering crowd. Text above reads "I don't know how to maintain friends". The bottom half is the wolf engaged in animated conversation with the silhouette of another wolf. The text reads, "(underline) Making (end underline) them isn't too hard. I can get along with people well enough, if I'm trying my best. Sometimes, I get roped into being around someone's 'group'."
Image 2: The wolf sitting on the ground, dejectedly looking to a window, behind which are shadows of people talking with one another. The wolf holds a blue writing utensil in their hand and has drawn a few waves on an open book in front of them. A box of juice sits next to them. The text reads, "But I always feel like an outsider, like I'll never fully understand their inside jokes, their sense of humor. I feel stunted. If I had to get the feeling across, I would say it feels like I'm a child hanging out with the 'older kids,' out of my league. But the last thing I want is to be treated like a child, or infantilized."
Image 3: In the top half, the text reads, "Other times, I connect with 1 person really well." The wolf talking excitedly with another wolf. Both their hands are raised in the air, and the connection between them is made tangible through a yellow beam between their eyes, the yellow glow around them, and the yellow speech bubbles above their heads. In the bottom half, the text reads, "But after a while of talking about anything we can think of, it feels like there's nothing left, so it just kind of fizzles out because I don't know how to interact afterwards." The wolf is sweating and twiddling their thumbs as they look towards the other wolf, whose back is turned to them. A text exchange is between them: The wolf: Hey how are you!! Other wolf: I'm good, you? The wolf: Yeah same haha The last message has the "seen" marker beneath it.
Image 4: The wolf is dancing, a pink heart on their chest. Pink thread weaves through their heart and the hearts of four other dancing wolf silhouettes behind them. The text reads, "A lot of folks I don't talk to anymore will probably be reading this. I would truly love to hear how you've been, even if we're different people now." End image description.]
