YOU'RE BEGINNING TO DRAG THE ONES YOU LOVE DOWN // Caesar

[ATBASH CIPHER.]

ATBASH CIPHER

But I found in you what was lost in me !

Of course, despite how excited Atbash was to see her littermate, the short-tailed savannah couldn't help but feel nervous; the last couple of times they had met, Caesar had destroyed her life - quite literally. Twice he had attacked her while he had been apart of The Typhoon, once to brand her with a triangle scar and the second was an attempt to drown her. Unfortunately for her, Atbash had no idea Caesar had been the one to burn down Snowbound.

Hearing the sound of rustling bushes made Atbash whip around in alarm, but quickly relaxed as she recognized the neon coat of Caesar. She cried out his name in happiness, rushing towards him and pressing herself against him. Atbash was aware of her own loud purring, but truthfully? She didn't care; this was her brother and despite everything, he was trying to make amends. The least she could do was be supportive, right? Caesar leaned against her in response and Atbash pulled back, frowning at him as she realized the amount of scars he had. "What happened to you? Are you okay?" Obviously a lot had happened... Maybe that was why he suddenly wanted to apologize? Maybe he's finally coming to terms with himself. She didn't see any of the signs of Corruption affecting Caesar, but what she did notice was how unkempt Caesar was - but that wasn't entirely out of the ordinary for him.

"What happened to me doesn't matter." Caesar replied with a shrug and when Atbash opened her mouth to protest his statement, he quickly went on, "I heard about Snowbound. I'm so sorry you had to go through that." A short pause before he mumbled, "Again."
"Oh, it's, um." Atbash blinked in surprise to hear those words come from him. "It's fine. I'm fine. I was mostly worried about the tribe's well-being over myself honestly," She laughed. "I wish there had been more for me to do to protect them..." Truly, she wanted Snowbound to prosper but the mountainous tribe was far too small in order for it to survive. Either they were going to slowly fade out - which Atbash was experiencing first hand - or an enemy group would've taken them over or eradicated them; one of the two, that's for sure.

bio | female | loner, no group

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