05-27-2023, 04:04 PM
✰ — His head tilts slightly, even though it can still be considered facing downwards. His tail loosens and he opened his jaws to respond. "Gone..." he says after a while of silence, just one word, but it should have been more than enough. The two adults he needed the most in the world were gone. Yet, there was no grief in his voice. Someone as young as him wouldn't be able to understand the concept of grief anyways.
Home... He'd heard the word many times. But he never understood exactly what it meant. He had thought it was what others would call a place with things they wanted. With friends and family, or perhaps that was what it meant? Whatever it was, he just wanted to get away from where he was right now - in the middle of nowhere.
"I..." he said softly. "I like that..." and would look up to see the bird's eyes, before looking back down again. Maybe he'd get new parents. Someone who could take care of him, and play with him, like he used to do. "It sounds..." and his tongue fumbled over the words he wanted to say. He knew the word, he knew it very well, but why couldn't he remember it? Ah yes, there it was. "Safe"
Home... He'd heard the word many times. But he never understood exactly what it meant. He had thought it was what others would call a place with things they wanted. With friends and family, or perhaps that was what it meant? Whatever it was, he just wanted to get away from where he was right now - in the middle of nowhere.
"I..." he said softly. "I like that..." and would look up to see the bird's eyes, before looking back down again. Maybe he'd get new parents. Someone who could take care of him, and play with him, like he used to do. "It sounds..." and his tongue fumbled over the words he wanted to say. He knew the word, he knew it very well, but why couldn't he remember it? Ah yes, there it was. "Safe"