He doesn't hate what he is.  He is the one who has accepted his fate. 

Of what had become of him

The scar will remain.

But if he doesn't hate,

Then why must I?

I want to believe that I'm not human, the girl of the wolf tribe

Then why does Ashitaka's hushed murmurs call my heart?

To speak softly towards me,

To save my life,

To hold me?

Why does he smile when he looks upon my face?

~*~

"San!"

He calls me early in the morning.

"San, where are you?"

I stand up and follow his voice, emerging from the growing trees.

"I'm here, Ashitaka."

He smiles when he sees me.  He always smiles.  Why?

I know he loves me, even Mother had told me that

But he is human, and I am not.

We come from different lands; we MUST be different from one another.

There are ties that bind us to our own……..

I want to tell myself that we're different, we just are

It had to be that way.

~ * ~

"San, what's wrong?"

Ashitaka gets off his elk and comes towards me, the Wolf Princess.

He looks into my eyes and somehow I find that I can't face him.

Looking down at the grass, I ponder why I feel so vulnerable right now.

Will the human always be inside of me?

His curse had been lifted, his hands are free………

He holds me in his arms, comfortingly.

He lifts my head up with his hand upon my chin.

He smiles at me once again, perhaps we can win.

"Nothing.  Nothing's wrong, Ashitaka."