05-05-2022, 03:15 AM
[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 55%; line-height:115%; text-align: justify;font-family: calibri;"]♔ — settling in a new location wasn't easy. he knew it intimately, a long history of it behind him, home an ephemeral concept that changed as often as the sun set and rose. now it was more permanent, but he hadn't been here always, and home was wherever his paws took him, whatever place he found that piqued his interest and wanderlust. in a way, it made this easier for him, but in another... he had a responsibility to more than just himself, now. changing homes was easy when you were the only one - there were others here who had to be taken care of, she-cats and kits and elders for whom the travel and subsequent chaos of a new start would be the most testing for.
it's why he was more busy than usual that evening, not that he took particularly frequent breaks even in their old home. now, though, there was an intense purpose in his eyes, even as his tone was warm and his presence was still comforting instead of overbearing. there was so much to do that he couldn't, to his regret, be everywhere at once... and though he seemed to arrive here a tad too late to help canary begin the process of nest building, he was at least here now to help continue it.
"how's the building going?" there was a soft lilt to his voice, maw set to a subtle smile as he approached, carrying moss mostly as a request instead of an offering. he knew some cats were far more independent, and she certainly struck him as such. "not too much trouble, I hope?"
it's why he was more busy than usual that evening, not that he took particularly frequent breaks even in their old home. now, though, there was an intense purpose in his eyes, even as his tone was warm and his presence was still comforting instead of overbearing. there was so much to do that he couldn't, to his regret, be everywhere at once... and though he seemed to arrive here a tad too late to help canary begin the process of nest building, he was at least here now to help continue it.
"how's the building going?" there was a soft lilt to his voice, maw set to a subtle smile as he approached, carrying moss mostly as a request instead of an offering. he knew some cats were far more independent, and she certainly struck him as such. "not too much trouble, I hope?"