WILL NEVER KNOW // beast(?) At the Border

[aesior]

"Child?" Came the quiet voice from the lion as he walked, the clamor of NPCs having reached him on his walk through the swamp. Aesior hadn't thought he would see Ares again, not so soon. He had yet to have heard of her visit to Tanglewood while he was unconscious. Uncertain steps led him forward, still not used to the fact that he could not see from his left eye, halting whenever he thought he heard something or sensed something approaching from that side. It was like losing a limb, a memory that came unbidden. How many lives had he lived? Had the thing inside him lived?

Shaking his head slightly so as not to agitate the raw wound though covered as it was, the mute-toned lion slowly walked forward, his ears perked as he fixed his one-eyed gaze on the creature that he recognized as Ares. It had been some months since the fateful night that caused her to turn and run. Since his back had nearly been broken. Since Cory had left. A troubled breath stirred in his chest as he caught sight of Cory, ears flattening for a moment before standing upright, "Have you come home, little one?"

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