I LOVED YOU ☾ OPEN; JOINER

[Aeternus]

He didn't know where he was, and he didn't know where to go.

Once upon a time, not too long ago really, he had known comradery, he had known companionship. Never traveled alone, that wasn't his intention, and only now understood the sting of loneliness. There were many hardships one could endure in the middle of the wilderness, that was precisely the reason one should not manage on their own unless they had the prowess to do so, which he did not have. Perhaps a decent warrior in his own right, but not enough to survive on his own. Of course, as his streak of luck and a decent life would have it, as he had let his guard down somewhat, in an hour or less there was absolute chaos and misery that befell himself and those he surrounded himself with. All of them, gone. Reduced to blooded meat and bone with not a lively soul between them. How he had survived an onslaught was beyond him, he barely had the time to hide let alone understand, but in the wake of disaster he was left totally alone, soaked in blood and gristle and everything in between, until the soft greys of his fur were barely visible under the bright and dark layers of red.

Ah, perhaps he would be picked off later, and not have to ever remember, but something was insistent on keeping him alive. Something perhaps cruel, or merciful. He would decide later if later came, only half focused on the new strip of territory that he was intruding on. He came upon a wall of sorts, painted in a manner he had never seen before, though couldn't truly stop to appreciate it. Light blue eyes stared blankly at such things, wondering briefly if there was a large and imposing beast on the other side.