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[Ares]

LET'S START A WAR!

Ares. Female. Tanglewood. Child.

Amber eyes widened in fear as the manticore snarled and swatted, the child ducking even further behind Aurum and lowering herself into a ball. She was terrified of this beast.. no, this animal, who was probably also frightened and felt threatened. Ares fought back tears as Elsweyr approached, and even though the cheetah was a mother figure, the small kitten did not recluse toward her, did not come crawling over. Fear sat her down and stared at her through invisible eyes and the child could not move under it's gaze.

For a few minutes the child sat there, aware of the two children, even if one of them was bleeding, coming to sit by the kitten. Tiny claws dug into soils, churning them, imagining her golden blanket, her solitary comfort. With a gentle touch from the uninjured child, she jolted and looked at him, only to relax slightly.

"Speech"

#psychosocial.