foreigner's god / returning

[Matias]

Bubonicplague wasn't one that Sorbet had interacted with much during his childhood. At least, not as much as one would expect a child to interact with their parent. Sorbet's father had been absent, borderline neglectful. As hurtful as that was for a child as sickly and isolated as Sorbet already was, he couldn't help but look up to his parent. After being left to his own devices, he hadn't expected to see Bub again for some time, so it came as a great shock to spot the looming figure of the hound as he emerged from the surrounding area to approach the rotting doors. He paused and found himself blinking for a second or two, lost for words for the first time since his joining. Finally, he managed to spit out a word. "Baba?" He asked disbelievingly, his heart thumping in his chest at the thought that his father had returned for him. Surely that meant that he wasn't as much of a shame on Bubonicplague's name as he thought he was. Sorbet swallowed before swiftly closing the gap between them, bounding up to the larger canine. "I'm here," he said, excited puffs of frost lifting from his tongue as he stated the obvious. "You came back!" Ice crystals hung in the air after he spoke, glittering faintly in the low light before finally melting away. Sorbet had trouble expressing happiness, unused to the feeling of a genuine smile, so all he could manage was staring wide-eyed at Bub, the fur along his spine spiked and frosted over.