well no one said he didn't look out for the others - how it was a large menacing black dragon managed to go unnoticed as he shadowed a much, much smaller feline was anyone's guess but Lucifer managed being the overprotective character he was, he wasn't about to let a child go wandering around alone.

so the beast made himself known to the stranger Keona had met - who was a joiner and thankfully seemed the alright sort and not one like say Guru who might've hurt the small child - not that if someone had would ahve gotten very far.

he'd always been legendary in his ability to leave smears on floors when it came to protecting what was his,

of course now that he was of the Typhoon - that included the lot of them, even if Pincher was the leader.

Lucifer inclined his head as he made his way over - looking down at the two before speaking "You may, though a name is usually required for these sorts of things" ah a glint of old amusement for those rudimentary regulations that so set the script of eah joining - no mater how dull they really were.

though he did note, glancing between the two there was something there - possibly a familiarity in which feline breeds but who knew.

the greater dragon tapped his armoured chest "Lucifer grimm, a pleasure".

dad mode activates pffff

no person can stand to stay in the nursery with goldie and guru for very long without losing their sanity. it did not take coldblue very long to learn this of his mother and his sister. his mother has a...unique personality which makes her hard to stomach. he doesn't have to be an adult to recognize guru's disinterest in his existence. and his sister? well she's his sister. sisters are annoying. that is why the young male escaped at the first opportunity, choosing the dangerous freedom of the outside world over the slow road to insanity which awaited him with his family.

small paws guide lean limbs over and around obstacles as he sneaks from the family home. blue is young, so he has yet to master the art of sneaking, but for a kid he is oddly graceful; a born predator. he wonders which parents he inherited that skill from. guru or pincher? perhaps both. what blue does know is that he looks more like his father. the pale grey pelt with soft, fawn brown rosettes and piercing blue eyes for which he was named is a decidedly pincher-inspired appearance. nothing like guru's sleek, brown-ticked pelt.

the boy pokes around camp for a bit, only to find himself drawn to the allure of the world beyond. he has heard the older animals talk about the railroad gate, though he never got the opportunity to explore it himself. blue does not think anyone has noticed his absence yet, so he decides to take the risk. he takes cover in the shadows, light dappling through the leaves of the bushes like a hundred different spotlights upon his beautiful pale grey fur and soft brown rosettes. big blue eyes gleam with an unreadable emotion--unrealistically perfect, almost like a doll's.

drawn to the heavily accented voice at the border, blue approaches as quietly as he can manage. he observes the situation with subdued curiosity. compared to the hulking size of lucifer, séamus and keona might as well be ants. and although coldblue stands taller than the pair of rusty spotted cats, the young boy is no different. "you are very small," states the savannah kitten matter-of-factly as he peers at the stranger. actually, all of them are strangers, but blue is pretending like he is familiar with everyone since he is the captain's son.

his words are not intended to be rude, blue is still at the age where he has not yet learned that some things should not be said even if it isn't exactly bad. "my name is coldblue roux. who're you?" and apparently he also speaks in verse.

licifer's mismatched gaze glanced back at another voice - ah one of pinch and guru's litter - and he restrained a muffled snort at the words - ah but well they were all small to him, even in his smaller hellion form they'd be smaller.

Something of a theme in his family - they all tended to be on the tall side.

"you're certainly all small to me" he agreed with some amusement - eh the downside of being his size is he often beefed up playing living playground to more adventurous children (or even meme red) the saw a giant sleeping dragon and thought 'ah an ideal playground!' If anything was said of lucifer, he'd like his legendary patience when it came to such shenanigans remember at least.

He inclined his head to the three "well with introductions all out of the way that leaves the offer of leading you back to camp if you'd like?" and here came the tone of voice that implied 'parent caught the child sneaking out' imagery "and you shouldn't be so far out of the nursery" but it was mild.

Lucifer had had his fair share of headaches where his own children - adopted or not - were concerned, given how headstrong half of them had been it was a miracle he'd been able to keep them all out of too much trouble.

"if you'd rather save your paws the energy I can easily enough 'taxi' you there I suppose" you'd think he'd find it drudgery but eh he was far too used to that these days - that and he'd best get the children away from the borders, lest anyone worry - considering tanglewood's been quiet lately it only fed his paranoia that something was sure to go down soon enough.