"Speech"

Understood - for once he felt understood. Someone knew what it was like experiencing situations similar to his own. Alone - that was a word of the past for he no longer felt the draining emotion pull his demeanour heavily down like a stone. Another individual who he had discovered, could relate to him. They recognised him, acknowledged him. Memories came gushing back like a tidal wave. The Orphan Club; he uncontrollably smiled at the thought. If he couldn't change the events and happenings of history, then there was no other life he desired. And speaking of the very name that his oceanic friend had once suggested, perhaps it was time he paid her a visit. Carefully running through his thoughts through his mind, it seemed he had completed all of his chores. Discuss with the Azat about his education? Check. Practice hunting on small prey? Check. Learn new defences? Oh, he had forgotten all about that. Halting his trudging, he now found himself torn between two activities. Perhaps he could combine the two together, after all, the cyan yearling happened to take an interest in fighting as well. If she was up for it, there was an opportunity the two could test each other's skills and exchange knowledge. That seemed to be a better idea, and he wouldn't miss out on a time to socialise with a friend. With an altered objective, he set out to find a suitable clearing to meet her at. Maybe she would find him before he even called out for her.

The young woman as she was starting to become wondered vaguely where her friends had been. She had talked to Lark, comforted by the fact that he was not going to leave with his family. It was now time for the girl to seek out Tinaro and figure out where his mind was at. She had taken a liking to the boy as soon as she had met them, and they were in the orphan club together too, but she wasn’t entirely sure that she liked him more than that. Her emotions were very confused with the hormones she had running through her body. Calypsei was somewhat determined, and so when she saw the brown boy, she ran up to him eagerly. “Hello Tinaro.” Her voice was curt as she contained herself to a subtle tail wag. “How are you?” She asked him with a small grin. They understood each other to an extent and with her trying to forget her conversation with Lark where she fell apart and exposed her weaknesses to him, she needed to talk to someone she shared an understanding with.

"Speech"

Nothing pleased him more than seeing a friend sharing the same avid attitude, and he soon felt the notion that their encounter would indeed be a satisfying socialisation, ever since he sighted her oceanic form, keenly approaching in a run. So far it seemed he only regarded her as a friend and a fellow orphan, as his own hormones were slowly yet surely kicking into place, as opposed to hers. Perhaps that would explain the extra few inches she had with her height, but he didn't allow her larger shape bother him, though they were around the same size at their recent meeting.

"Hey Calypsei, " he greeted with optimism within his words, next moving onto her inquiry. "Oh, the usual - fine," he casually informed with a grin, knowing it was the vaguest response in the history of "How are you?". There was so much more to his mood, however, "fine" was the most suitable way to sum it up, despite the term being rather unclear. His energetic expression and bouncing movement told it all, if she was observant enough to notice. The energy in his fidgeting paws needed to be burnt, and though the next activity wouldn't tire him entirely, he still suggested it ardently. "Wanna walk?"

Calypsei’s tail would wave slowly from side to side in a casual manner as her friend informed her that he was feeling fine as usual. He asked if they wanted to walk and she let a small smile grace her lips. “Yes, I’d love to walk.” She would say as she started to take casual steps towards the plains that connected to the rapids. As a girl of the ocean, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that she was headed towards water. “I talked to Allen, and he said I can start training towards a promotion and that next fight training, he’ll keep and closer eye on me to see if I get it.” She was excited to share the news, or anything in general that made her forget her conversation with Lark, which still bothered her whenever she thought about it. She appeared fine, but she was mentally shutting down any kind of talk that wasn’t small talk or something that had happened before, and she wasn’t entirely sure why. She would look towards Tinaro, keeping the small and reserved smile on herself. “What about you, we’re kinda somewhat adults now. Where are you going to work towards? What rank?”

"Speech"

And so they began to walk alongside each other at a comfortable pace, the boy soon noticing that the direction their paws sauntered upon would eventually lead them to the lake. Ah, such were the benefits of knowing the homely territory inside out. A small grin crept to his features as he briefly turned to look at her within a moment of which her gaze focused on the landscape ahead. Perhaps there was more to his friend other than sharing a physical resemblance with watery and oceanic hues.

Hearing the girl's announcement about how she was aiming for a promotion, he couldn't help but to spontaneously exclaim with delight, "Same!" for it was true. Now that he knew someone else had done the same as he, the yearling felt the need to blab about his experience with the alpha and what the leader had promised him (all with dedication, of course). "I went to see Allen the other day, and he said that we'd be able to focus on personal training. Dunno 'bout a rank - something in fighting definitely." For now, he was mainly concentrated on accumulating as much knowledge as possible, though he'd hate to stick around with the same rank for an overly lengthy period of time - how embarrassing that would be.

There was a grin on her face when Tinaro confessed that he had done the same, talking to Allen the other day and asking about personal training. He confessed that he didn’t know about what rank he wanted, but did know that he wanted to fight. Calypsei felt relieved that she wasn’t the only yearling to have talked to the alpha about her future in the pack, knowing that Lark hadn’t from the conversation they had the other day. “I talked to Lark yesterday, said he didn’t know what he wanted to do yet but definitely something fighting like you wanted to do.” There were plots forming the girl’s head, a plan for the three of them to be a fighting force. “The three of us are going to be unstoppable!” The ocean spirit declared with a grin.

"Speech"

It seemed Lark, who he assumed was also one of the female's friends as well as one of his own, also yearned to excel in fighting though she mentioned nothing of him consulting with the Azat about the matter like they had. The two boys hadn't socialised that much as of recently, making him question if the other yearling still took a liking towards him. Nevertheless, he made a mental note to visit the Destruction youth when he obtained a spare moment, though for now, he listened to her enthusiastic idea. At the hearing of it, his features lit with delight. "Yeah! We can be a fighting trio!" he exclaimed with glee and bounced between his ebony paws, never doubting her suggestion for a second. It seemed so perfect. "I bet Abaven has never had a fighting trio; we'll be the first and most famous." If not already picked up, he was quite the dreamer, especially when it came down to his favourite field.