seven thoughts // emergence

[MYERS]

[align=center][div style="text-align:justify;width:55%;font-family:verdana;"]This was a new face. Ahab remained entirely unaware that Marina was the mother of Goldenluxury's children, and by all means there stood no need to spoil his oblivion now; it'd be unpleasant, if not worse, to learn of the controversy that surrounded the children and the mixed feelings of their parents. He hardly knew of Goldie and Sam's recent engagement other than a brief something big happened that was whispered throughout the clan - he was oblivious, and quietly fine that way. Any knowledge of love triangles, breakups and awkward moments stood far beyond the span of his understanding at the moment, and he was happy as such.

"Back?" The kodiak bear's parroting is no more than a mutter that rumbles in his throat, more thoughtful than any question for Aphra to answer. He cast a glance over Aphra's expression, lips pursed tight at the cruel jeer of the feline's comment; he wouldn't be associating with such bitterness, especially after she'd had the gall to turn her comments on his daughter. (Worse, she'd made Roxanne cry. He ought to have taken her tongue out just for that, but until he reached that breaking point, Aphra continued to tread a very thin tightrope.)

Rather than put himself at her side, the massive bear wanders towards Goldie on her approach, his pawsteps taking him off the worn path around the beach houses and onto the sand. He re-approaches at her side, glancing at the bright face of the jaguar before them. "Were you unwell? Should've stopped by." Roan, their other Sage, already seemed to need a vacation.