A Great, Wide World of Wonder
01-03-2018, 01:02 AM
He let out another sigh as he thought back over it and considered his choice of words. He hadn't had to actually tell the story yet so just how to put it into words was something he fought with himself over. That, and he didn't want her to think things were all scary out here. They weren't, and he'd only had the one bad experience in his whole year of life. "I have, recently. One of my relatives, actually, my uncle. I wasn't aware I had one until I met him but he looks very much like my mother but... darker, and not in color. Mom likes fighting, for sport because she's relatively good at it and it makes her happy- but Cerberus. Well, I just got a really bad feeling from him. He wasn't exactly kind and I'm not sure he fights others for the same reasons." Amos shook his head a bit and turned to gaze at the sky a moment, finding his breathing coming faster for some reason. "I think he's bad and I don't plan on seeing him again if I can help it. I just... Hope I never end up like him. That would be pretty terrible." He turned back towards her and offered a weak smile, nodding, "You surely will do a good job when the time comes, I'm positive." He hoped she'd learn to have lots of self confidence and not worry. Amos was nothing if not a sweet guy, after all. Chuckling, he answered, "Oh, plenty of things! See, I grew up a loner so it's not like there were very good borders for us to stay inside of. So I wandered lots from an early, early age and ran into all kinds of strangers. Initially I wanted to talk to them but I got a bit nervous, you see. But eventually I just wanted someone new to talk to so when I wanted it enough I worked up the nerve to talk to some of the other loners who passed by. They were mostly nice, although! There was this one lady, her pelt was super pretty. Black as night, but with these colors! Bright colors, that swirled through her fur, and little stars. She looked like a crazy colorful night sky. Of course she was grumpy cause I guess she didn't like kids and I was a real curious kid who asked lotsa questions..." he shook his head at the memory. In retrospect maybe he ought to have taken the hint quicker and gotten out of her fur sooner. "That, and sometimes Felicien would give us fight training growing up. I used to get stage fright having to practice in front of my brothers. Mostly 'cause Rogdar teased me all the time. But, learning the basics was super important to me cause I wanted to be like Felicien and Mom so I had to decide that the good outweighed the bad and work though it." He listened to her story intently, nodding and smiling a bit more. "Sure sounds like it's gotta lot o' history, then. That's really cool to be able to live somewhere important to you and your family." He wondered briefly if he'd ever have a place to stay that meant that much to him and any future family of his someday. It would surely be nice to be able to share that with his family. A certain connection not just to each other but to the place they lived and spent time together would be amazing. Food for thought, he supposed. "Then you gotta show the rock who'd boss. Throw it or somethin'. I used to gnaw on sticks that tripped me sometimes. Your home sounds really cool though! I'll have to try and explore cool places like that eventually. Maybe see the wall in the north, and then I heard that there's another continent to the south and I really wanna see it." So much to see, so much to do. No one fun to do it with. Ugh. He grew thoughtful at her next question, rolling onto his back and thinking for a moment about it. "You know it never crossed my mind, to be honest. I suppose you're right though. Could be cool to be able to have others to talk to all the time. Talking to you has been nice. Hm. I dunno. I'd have to think more about how I felt about that before I decided if I really wanted to actually do it or not. But, I think being a loner wouldn't be as bad if I just had like, an exploring buddy. I dunno." Walk. "Speak!" "Think." |