Channeling Miyagi [meeting]

Eligos' ears burned hot in embarrassment as his grand-uncle marched him down the corridors towards the meeting. He hadn't known that the little cubby outside the castle was his uncle's new den, honest. He'd thought everyone had chosen den IN the castle, so when he saw all the furs and such there he'd thought they had been discarded. Like old ones, you know? Maybe they'd gotten ruined on the trip and someone had thrown them out? So when he'd found them laying there under some big rocks tumbled down from the wall, he hadn't thought they belonged to someone. So if they were scattered and muddy and chewed on, was it really his fault?

Yes. Yes, if he was honest with himself, and his father would insist he be honest, it was his fault. He shouldn't have assumed. And now his uncle was going to tell his dad and his dad would be disappointed and angry and that was awful.

So Eli slunk quietly into the meeting place. He'd have preferred to just take a seat hiding at the back of the group but... it was better just to get it over with. So with his head and tail drooping and his ears low, he snuck up to sit with his brothers. Uncle Apollo came up to talk with his dad, and he just knew he was going to tell him but... wait... was his uncle going to go sit down now? He hadn't even said anything about the furs! Eligos' ears slowly rose with the dawning hope. Was... was Uncle Apollo not going to say anything about it at all?