strayed from the path - open; return

[rhosmari]

The way that Rhine stared at him he was beginning to think that something was wrong. Really, he should have known that his change was a bit dramatic, especially since he went from a hybrid of two animals to one that looked as if it was walking on stilts. He felt tall but he also felt a bit fragile. He felt his ears go back with a little embarrassment as the leader began to speak. A soft chuckle finally left him and he understood completely as  he looked down at his soft grey colored paws. It was definitely a change and one he had been an unwilling party of but he was glad that he wasn't actually dead. Though he was a bit worried as to who this body had belong to or if it had been empty and just waiting for him. ''Yeah...it's definitely taking me some time to adjust to it. But I'm sorry for..what happened. I...was attacked by this thing and I think it poisoned me. I couldn't feel anything, my body just stopped working.'' He felt pain at the idea of what he could have possibly inflicted on his own mother. He needed to find her as soon as possible and let her know he was alive and well. But well, he didn't have to because soon she was here and she did look different.

''Wow....'' He muttered gently but her words made him pause and he realized she was distressed and so he quickly walked forward. Carefully he attempted to rub his head gently underneath her chin. ''I'm so sorry. But it's me and I'm alive. I didn't meant for it to happen...I'm here now, mom...'' He breathed out softly before he took a slow breath in. He felt secure and safe with Medusa and he felt that now as he pressed against her, laying his head on her shoulder for just a moment before he backed up and was about to speak when the wind was simply knocked out of him. He was so caught up in all of these moments that he didn't hear the running paws but then again halfway though they had stopped running at all. The maned wolf found himself sprawled on the ground, sight taken up by multiple colors and he stared into the them before he heard the growling words flung at him. The voice was all he needed and he cringed slightly, looking rather apologetic as he watched Quasar. ''I promise I won't, at least not on purpose. One time experience at least for a little while.'' He tried to make a joke out of it because old age was sure to get him. After a moment he tried to boop his nose against the eyesour of a canine. ''Um, can I get up now?''

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How, how much to light up my star again and rewire all my thoughts? Oh baby, won't you remind me what I am? And break, break my little cold heart. I'm living someone else's life. Suppressing who I was inside. I don't know if I can be alone again. I don't know if I can sleep alone again.

%u2014 Sorbet Monroe Roux

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