01-04-2021, 10:54 PM
[align=center][div style="width: 40%; text-align: justify;"]arrow came along, and he honestly couldn't help the smile that came over his face. arrow was like the cool aunt that all the kids liked- you know that ones, the one that gave you the presents on a holiday that your parents wouldn't let you keep because it was a danger to yourself and others? that was arrow in his eyes. cool, fun, not to mention a ghost which only upped her cool-factor. "hey, it'll work one day!" he defended, though that smile never left his face, at least until elsweyr came along.
though, she didn't scold him, so he let that beaming smile return. he shrugged his shoulders, feeling one of them ache like always. he never had much use for that shoulder, didn't move it often, and it was always ready to pop. "well, i want to go out on my own. like the others can." again, he didn't quite understand that he was a bit different, that there were things he wouldn't be able to do like the other "big kids"- he was lucky none of them had made fun of him for it, hadn't made him feel like an outcast because that's not what tanglewood was about.. yet the adults still watched him like a hawk when he had claws on two of his feet and perfectly sharp teeth and a glare that could take a man down two pegs.
the voice of his father, however, did make the smile disappear. oh no. extra caught. ears pinned back against his skull, he slouched as he turned his head towards his father, huffing softly. his father didn't seem to upset, but he knew him well enough to see the concern and the worry that he didn't understand or want. then there was the obvious disapproval that he had to worry about and he just knew there was going to be a scolding coming. "well! if i'm going to be leader one day, i kind of have to be super fast, right? so i have to be faster than you!" he put on a smile, didn't want to seem too disappointed, "auntie arrow is a great influence!" no she wasn't, but oh well.
though, she didn't scold him, so he let that beaming smile return. he shrugged his shoulders, feeling one of them ache like always. he never had much use for that shoulder, didn't move it often, and it was always ready to pop. "well, i want to go out on my own. like the others can." again, he didn't quite understand that he was a bit different, that there were things he wouldn't be able to do like the other "big kids"- he was lucky none of them had made fun of him for it, hadn't made him feel like an outcast because that's not what tanglewood was about.. yet the adults still watched him like a hawk when he had claws on two of his feet and perfectly sharp teeth and a glare that could take a man down two pegs.
the voice of his father, however, did make the smile disappear. oh no. extra caught. ears pinned back against his skull, he slouched as he turned his head towards his father, huffing softly. his father didn't seem to upset, but he knew him well enough to see the concern and the worry that he didn't understand or want. then there was the obvious disapproval that he had to worry about and he just knew there was going to be a scolding coming. "well! if i'm going to be leader one day, i kind of have to be super fast, right? so i have to be faster than you!" he put on a smile, didn't want to seem too disappointed, "auntie arrow is a great influence!" no she wasn't, but oh well.
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