Beyond enforced perimeters a world woven into patchwork expanse, an unknown and vast blank spot within meagre knowledge. Once dedicated the eradication, how tongue grew clumsy over queries posed until halls had rung with his dwindling voice, outward turned mind as bright burnt the hope framing each beat of tender heart. Yet, upon their doorstep, it had visited with intention vicious, mockery made of their scant number. Beneath the cruel heel ground into their throats it had died with a distinct lack of fanfare, simply extinguished with a call answered by brutality.

Few the times he had ventured beyond, even as further lax grew the hold with departure that left serpentine beast at helm she seemed to bear no wish to man, further restricted by means that left cheeks aching. Shallow that carved into his flesh, yet reminder enough, discouraged further exploration. Light the doze he was within, familiar his placement on porch, discarded with the odd call that rang forth. There was a distinct excitement in the trilling, a voice he knew yet changed by circumstance, joined by other, a pitch that arose in throaty warbles.

Head lifted and narrowed the eyes that perceived unfolding scene, her approach one not conducted alone, as though sheep behind their shepherd the sizable avians trailed. Against the wooden boards the tips of his claws scraped, slight the tilt his cranium took, merely watched how the pair broke away and began to scratch at the soil. Almost peaceful, if odd, the scene before another spoke in hushed tones, attention briefly settling on the statue before leaving it. Sickened Salvia over the manner stomach clenched, tightened his chest as paw rubbed along it, minor those inflicted but enough the memory of supposed attempt on his life.

New this one, at the least, mistrusted as the rest but ears angled towards them as conversation continued. Alike seemed his sentiment as Elsweyr addressed the other, though her words did not make apparent such her tone differed. They continued on and once more visited upon the notion of approach, cemented when his own was discouraged for a moment, eyes lifting to take in his father. Against pale lips frown settled, vision averted. Twice had he come now to protect him, a son without worth, incapable of acting as anything but a liability to the cause seeking their freedom.

The wood creaked softly as Salvia abandoned his perch, exposed claw tips carving small grooves into the soil with each step, disregarded the wanderer that addressed the pair without care, more jovial than any other. By side of Aurum did he come to linger, looking over the birds as they proved almost calm amongst so many large predators, seemingly soothed by the calls Elsweyr had spoken in turn to their own. "They look funny." Light his remark, smile flicking to life.

Almost bulbous the two, the wide fan of their tails disturbing their figure, heads drawn close. Slowly forth did he reach but halted, supposedly fixated on the wattle that settled against their chests, the red offset by the blue of the head.