01-03-2020, 01:48 AM
i was born, on the highway, in a train wreck
with a heart, that was beating, out of my chest
Aurum was soft. It was a simple, undisputed fact that had flickered across the mind of quite a few of the members of Tanglewood, and Raymond certainly wouldn't be the first to think that his kindhearted nature could lead to his own downfall. Still, softness didn't mean that the angel was stupid. He still had anger in his heart, and a will to survive when things got tough, and those were both things that worked very well to his advantage. However, he just didn't see the point in putting all the tough front all the time. He much preferred being soft and caring in the moments where he needed to be, just so that he could show his family how much he loved them, or Tanglewood how much he really cared about their wellbeing. Either way, Aurum liked to think that he was able to juggle his two natures together, one brought about by what he was, and one being brought about by how he had ended up being nurtured into this world.
When Ray made a comment about how long he had been in Tanglewood, Aurum chuckled, mumbling as he nodded his head a bit, "I know it seems a bit short, especially considering I've been alive a few years, but really it doesn't feel like it. Over these past six months I've seen so much shit go down that it feels like I've been here my entire life, and evidently Leroy at least thought that I had what it took to be right hand man... and others, I suppose. Lots of people were happy when I received my promotion." That little aspect had been... surprising, really. It wasn't that Aurum had ever seen himself as someone disliked by his clanmates, but so many of them had been genuinely overjoyed or proud of him over his eventual promotion... it had been like an overwhelming wave of positive emotion, enough to nearly knock Aurum off his paws. When he heard Raymond's little quip about heaven and their pasts, a soft chuckle passed through his lips, his voice but a soft mumble as he shook his head from side to side, "Heaven help us indeed... although, to be quite honest, heaven hasn't exactly been the most helpful in my experience." Aurum wasn't exactly... secretive, about his nature as an angel. He didn't see much reason to be, honestly. If he genuinely encountered anything or anyone that had a problem with it, that just meant that he could face them, and hopefully teach them a lesson about judging because of his origin.
When Ray made a comment about how long he had been in Tanglewood, Aurum chuckled, mumbling as he nodded his head a bit, "I know it seems a bit short, especially considering I've been alive a few years, but really it doesn't feel like it. Over these past six months I've seen so much shit go down that it feels like I've been here my entire life, and evidently Leroy at least thought that I had what it took to be right hand man... and others, I suppose. Lots of people were happy when I received my promotion." That little aspect had been... surprising, really. It wasn't that Aurum had ever seen himself as someone disliked by his clanmates, but so many of them had been genuinely overjoyed or proud of him over his eventual promotion... it had been like an overwhelming wave of positive emotion, enough to nearly knock Aurum off his paws. When he heard Raymond's little quip about heaven and their pasts, a soft chuckle passed through his lips, his voice but a soft mumble as he shook his head from side to side, "Heaven help us indeed... although, to be quite honest, heaven hasn't exactly been the most helpful in my experience." Aurum wasn't exactly... secretive, about his nature as an angel. He didn't see much reason to be, honestly. If he genuinely encountered anything or anyone that had a problem with it, that just meant that he could face them, and hopefully teach them a lesson about judging because of his origin.
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