timber- open

[wormwood.]

i was born, on the highway, in a train wreck

with a heart, that was beating, out of my chest

Aurum had spent many years of his life utterly steeped in sadness and regret, fearful that he would never be anything more than the failure that everyone else made him out to be. That sadness, that anger had forced him to grow up far sooner than he should have, practically being an adult by the time he was only a year old, far from actual maturity for his species. But really, it made sense. He had been ridiculed and abused by his Mother and Father for as long as he could remember, been forced to act like a secondary protector figure for his little brother, and never had anyone to turn to for any kind of support through all of this. Hell, the one person who had ever offered him support had ended up dead, at the paws of the very mother who claimed to care about him while spewing out insults. So now, to see Piers going through something similar? Growing so old, so fast? It made Aurum's heart ache uncomfortably, and before he even really knew the full extent of the situation, he found himself padding over. He wasn't exactly sure why Piers was so upset, but it wasn't as if he hadn't had the occasional random breakdown before, and he had never been the type to judge. Settling down beside Selby, Aurum just cocked his head to one side, wondering how Piers would react to the assistance being offered to him. Much like the medic beside him, Aurum didn't want to crowd Piers or make him uncomfortable, so he decided to chime in only if he felt what he said could really help, and wouldn't just be added noise for Piers's already frazzled mental state. He had once, while desperately sobbing over everything that had happened to him, been subjected to many people crowding around him, asking him questions about what was wrong or how they could help. It had been a very unpleasant experience, even if he had known that they were trying to help him rather than cause further harm. He found that just having someone who could listen and hold you was far better than having many people offering advice at once.

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