Androxine Vortex
Archmage
I'm in the middle of editing some stuff I wrote today and I came across this passage:
(Keep in mind this is about a hunter stalking a deer, not some little girl. I realized how wrong this sounded out of context!)
He had been watching his prey for sometime now. She was young, too young in fact to be wandering around at night alone. Where are it's parents or siblings? But it does not matter. All that mattered now was the kill to come.
Should it be, "Where are it's parents..." or "Where were it's parents..."
I had initially used "were" but didn't think that would work because it wasn't past-tense but "are" doesn't sound right either. I can't make heads or tails on this. So which version should I use?
(Keep in mind this is about a hunter stalking a deer, not some little girl. I realized how wrong this sounded out of context!)
He had been watching his prey for sometime now. She was young, too young in fact to be wandering around at night alone. Where are it's parents or siblings? But it does not matter. All that mattered now was the kill to come.
Should it be, "Where are it's parents..." or "Where were it's parents..."
I had initially used "were" but didn't think that would work because it wasn't past-tense but "are" doesn't sound right either. I can't make heads or tails on this. So which version should I use?