AESIOR OPHELES
✯ — got spirits in my head and they won't go
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'Little rabbit'. His eyes flashed darker with fear. One of his old pet names. From happier times. From before the pain, before he'd learned to run from his feelings. They were sharing breath now, feline eyes looking into canine ones. There was no regret in those eyes and he didn't know if he was scared of that, or if he was scared that he didn't expect there to be any. He was right, he couldn't physically scream. He couldn't call for his groupmates telepathically either - if they got dragged into this, he could only see a bloodbath. Eyes squeezing shut as he held his breath from the rancid smells on the kitsune.
He was shocked when the other created space, his body tensing up automatically. Could he make an escape? Where was he to escape to, though? He couldn't lead the kitsune back to camp. Shaking eyes held onto the form that was now circling him. Each pawstep made him flinch, his throat closing off with fear. He knew what he had done and would do again now that he'd found him. He couldn't risk his son, not yet his son. He couldn't risk the one friend he was making, and nor could he risk Arlo, Damion, Cleopatra, or any others to this monster. He couldn't let them put their lives down for him if they found them. They all meant too much to the Talonguard. They were worth meeting darkness for.
His gaze hardened, the trembling slowly left him. He had his family in his mind, people he needed to protect. It would be okay if something happened to him, as long as he could protect them. "No. I know what you've done. I'm going to make you pay for it.", his actions were followed by the clang of a dagger sliding from it's sheath, iron blade in a crazy slashing matter at tsundoku. It was an attempt to keep him back, to make him move, to create distance. It didn't matter if it cut into the muzzle and leg he aimed for. He needed to cause a distraction, something to infuriate the insane man before him. It was then that he remembered he enjoyed the hunt.
He was shocked when the other created space, his body tensing up automatically. Could he make an escape? Where was he to escape to, though? He couldn't lead the kitsune back to camp. Shaking eyes held onto the form that was now circling him. Each pawstep made him flinch, his throat closing off with fear. He knew what he had done and would do again now that he'd found him. He couldn't risk his son, not yet his son. He couldn't risk the one friend he was making, and nor could he risk Arlo, Damion, Cleopatra, or any others to this monster. He couldn't let them put their lives down for him if they found them. They all meant too much to the Talonguard. They were worth meeting darkness for.
His gaze hardened, the trembling slowly left him. He had his family in his mind, people he needed to protect. It would be okay if something happened to him, as long as he could protect them. "No. I know what you've done. I'm going to make you pay for it.", his actions were followed by the clang of a dagger sliding from it's sheath, iron blade in a crazy slashing matter at tsundoku. It was an attempt to keep him back, to make him move, to create distance. It didn't matter if it cut into the muzzle and leg he aimed for. He needed to cause a distraction, something to infuriate the insane man before him. It was then that he remembered he enjoyed the hunt.
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THE FLOWER BURNS