HUMBLED ;; open

[Cosmic]

It was at that moment the feline felt him curl into himself and want to disappear. The urge to just run and hide his face away from everyone was immensely strong, and his smile quickly faded. Once enthusiastic, now embarrassed and humiliated for even asking such a question to begin with. Even though he didn’t know who Stark was, they must have quite a reputation to warrant such a reaction. But he didn’t deserve the tone Larkspur had given him... did he?

He opened his mouth to speak, but all that was there was dead silence. There was nothing to say as he felt the last bit of self-confidence, if any, he had slip away. There was another voice that had come from nearby, and then he saw the malamute. From what the large canine had said, this must have been Stark.

Valerian felt himself slowly backing away, looking down at the ground as he did so, “I-I’m sorry. I won’t ask again...” His voice was off, a bit of sadness laced in his tone and speech. He was a freak again, wasn’t he? They didn’t care about him, and saw him as only a monster, at least that’s what every fiber of his being was screaming at him. His anxiety grew to an all time high as he then turned around and began walking away, his pace fast.

He really didn’t want any of them to ask him what was wrong or even to come back, because it would cause him to feel even worse than before. He felt like he was beginning to shake a little, and stepped up his pace.

I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorr- That was the only thing that went through his mind at that point, feelings and memories coming back to him during that brief interaction. And it wasn’t good.