Reckless & Relentless

The island was far south of the Thicket and the Rapids and had taken some time to get to, but that hardly mattered to him. As far as he was concerned he could have been on the other side of the planet and still wouldn’t have given a damn. The island was lousy with birds all of them cooing and gurgling until it seemed to be the only noise coming from the place. The ground was littered in snow white feathers and all around him seemed to be the smell of bird lice and rotten eggs. What annoyed him most of all however was the weakness he observed in the small creatures that dominated the island. They were a far cry from the hook beaked buzzards his useless sister had shown him, and he suspected that if he got his jaws around one of them he could easily crush its entire body. He snorted; even deer had antlers and hooves, these creatures were entirely weak and as far as he could tell existed only to become food for greater and stronger creatures.

A commotion from the other end of the island caught his attention as a good number of birds fled inland away from the shore. Curious the lightning bolt trotted toward the smell of salt and sand to investigate. He stood at the tree-line, his golden eyes following the stranger on the beach curiously. He looked to be about his age and around his height but his eyes…His eyes were what caught his attention. Ember red and blazing just like Kane’s, but with a lightness to them that he could have sworn he had seen somewhere before. “Corentine” his mind rang and he dismissed it instantly, not possible.

“Hello.” He greeted calmly, his posture straight as he slowly stepped down the slope to the beach toward the other male, the end of his tail held in a slight and friendly curve.