[align=center][div style="width: 40%; text-align: justify;"]ears pinning back against his head, the boy only narrowed his eyes as a pout creased itself over his features. he'd gotten so far, he'd been doing so well, and his plan was completely soiled by that lady that some of the younger kids called miss snake. firefly. he knew her from what little his dad had told him, knew that she was kind of like him, whatever that meant. the concept of being different from others was something. "one of, yeah." he confirmed, grumpily settling on his haunches. "you couldn't have been a little slower? i was almost there!""
next to arrive was ares, who he already kind of knew. you coudln't spend time around all the mothers and such and not know every little baby that was brought into the world, whether their parents were there or not. she wasn't much younger than him, maybe looked a bit younger, but she was certainly something. however, the compliment caught him off guard for a moment- strong? him? him and his stick limbs and his tinier-than-average frame like he didn't get much to eat despite probably eating the most of his siblings? "i don't know about strong but uh.. thanks?" significantly less grouchy now, at least.
however, his brother approached and that frown flipped, curving upward into a big grin. it wasn't about being fast to him, but about the adventure. sure, it'd be fun to be able to play tag or kick a little ball around with his siblings and the others, but that wasn't his goal. he wanted to see the world. "oh, i will, just you wait!" he boasted, all too confident for a boy that wasn't clairvoyant, couldn't see the next few seconds, much less months or years from now. "one of these days i'm going to be faster than dad, too! and you, even if i'm short!"
next to arrive was ares, who he already kind of knew. you coudln't spend time around all the mothers and such and not know every little baby that was brought into the world, whether their parents were there or not. she wasn't much younger than him, maybe looked a bit younger, but she was certainly something. however, the compliment caught him off guard for a moment- strong? him? him and his stick limbs and his tinier-than-average frame like he didn't get much to eat despite probably eating the most of his siblings? "i don't know about strong but uh.. thanks?" significantly less grouchy now, at least.
however, his brother approached and that frown flipped, curving upward into a big grin. it wasn't about being fast to him, but about the adventure. sure, it'd be fun to be able to play tag or kick a little ball around with his siblings and the others, but that wasn't his goal. he wanted to see the world. "oh, i will, just you wait!" he boasted, all too confident for a boy that wasn't clairvoyant, couldn't see the next few seconds, much less months or years from now. "one of these days i'm going to be faster than dad, too! and you, even if i'm short!"
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[b]but the heart was there ,[b]